Kari Weaver

Many faculty do that work despite the lack of time, value, and resources for teaching. Granted, we have amazing teaching centers that do excellent work and bend over backwards to meet the varied needs of their faculty. But we need more support, valuation, time, and community.

This oversimplified mantra of faculty teaching the way they were taught frames faculty as the problem and undermines the hard work of so many faculty to cultivate an innovative and meaningful teaching practice.

🧵Faculty Teaching the Way They Were Taught insidehighered.com/digital-learni… The concept of "teaching the way they were taught" is a problematic oversimplification of a much more complex process. I see many faculty teaching AGAINST the way they were taught.

NEW BOOK ALERT Now Available The Theory of Being Practices for Transforming Self and Communities Across Difference By @SherryKWatt, @dmahatmya, @miloopaa and Charles R. Martin-Stanley II Foreword by @parkerjpalmer Visit the book page: ow.ly/zPWF50KtgnF #HigherEd

ASHE reviews completed. The last one focused on joy and queerness and I couldn't be more grateful for the beauty, criticality, and hope it carried.

@itsAlexCL Now I've only cried three times.

Taught my last class at the University of Iowa yesterday. Only cried twice.

@itsAlexCL UGH, friend - I relive an exchange between us about the job search and cringe at my ignorance. You are Alex Lange, after all; a well-known, brilliant scholar and lovely human being. I figured you were largely impervious to the harms of the job market. Forgive me.

Y'all, the job search process is just...💔

I am in that post-graduation/ongoing job search life transition, which can be very lonely and vulnerable. I'm so grateful to have people like @miloopaa, @NicholasStroup and @AmandaMollet who keep me grounded and fuel my scholarly and self love along the way.

@itsAlexCL gorge, as always.

@DrRyanMiller Great work, Dr. Miller! Well deserved.

@MollyEHM You’re almost there! Please reach out if you need anything - another set of eyes on something, food, a walk partner, a dog park trip to pet dogs.

@miloopaa Heck yeah! Well done, my friend. ❤️

@itsAlexCL @StylusPub @NicholasStroup My copy is on its way from Stylus! I'm so excited for this book, and looking forward to hearing my dear friends' voices and perspectives (among others). Also, best hashtags ever.

@MollyEHM I was watching Peaky Blinders last week and saw an actor that looked familiar and made me feel uncomfortable. First thought: he must be from Game of Thrones (of course he was).

@ChelseaMDO1 I think if you're going to set a discussion post where you can't see others' posts before you submit yours, the question/prompt must be very generous and clear (and it helps to have established trust beforehand). I agree that this wouldn't always be appropriate or useful.