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December 20, 2016 in Selected Essays, The 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 dangers of political apathy or the health benefits of exercise, I am treated to mini-lectures…

December 20, 2016 in 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 — the horrified reactions of those who believe the sky will fall if a professor…

March 14, 2016 in 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 to Sheldon Meyer, one of the great editors of American history. Sheldon had exquisite taste…

March 7, 2016 in 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. In February of 2015, she wrote an essay about "sexual paranoia" on campuses. A group of Northwestern…

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