Selected EssaysThe Chronicle of Higher Education Resisting the Urge to Profess Some of my former-students-turned-academics like to explain things to me. Whether we’re talking about the…Rachel ToorDecember 20, 2016
The Chronicle of Higher Education Persona Matters Just as interesting as Jordan Schneider’s fine essay, "Why I Curse in the Classroom,"were the responses…Rachel ToorDecember 20, 2016
The Chronicle of Higher Education Scholars Talk Writing: James M. McPherson About a zillion years ago, I was an editorial assistant at Oxford University Press, apprenticed…Rachel ToorMarch 14, 2016
The Chronicle of Higher Education Scholars Talk Writing: Laura Kipnis Readers of The Chronicle will be plenty familiar with "Troublemaker" Laura Kipnis, a professor of film at Northwestern University.…Rachel ToorMarch 7, 2016
The Chronicle of Higher Education Scholars Talk Writing: Rebecca Newberger Goldstein Not long after I graduated from college as an English major with a jones for…Rachel ToorNovember 16, 2015
The Chronicle of Higher EducationUncategorized Scholars Talk Writing: Camille Paglia Not long after she had splashed onto the scene with the publication of her first…Rachel ToorNovember 16, 2015
The Chronicle of Higher Education Scholars Talk Writing: Sam Wineburg Sam Wineburg, a professor of education and, by courtesy, of history at Stanford University, emailed…Rachel ToorAugust 17, 2015
The Chronicle of Higher Education The Better Angels of Our Writing I am always shocked when academics complain about being copy-edited, as if the marks that…Rachel ToorJuly 22, 2015
Running Times Magazine Fear and Self-Loathing at the Races I didn’t have enough time to train properly. I downloaded new software onto my Garmin the night…Rachel ToorJune 22, 2015
The Chronicle of Higher Education Scholars Talk Writing: Anthony Grafton Every time I walk to and from my office I pass a big poster for…Rachel ToorJune 22, 2015