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My first introduction in front of students in an American college classroom went like this: “I am Nancy Achiaa Frimpong, a Ghanaian who writes British
In November 2019, I was fortunate to take about 20 of our physics students to the Physics Congress (PhysCon) in Providence, Rhode Island. The conference
What is a labyrinth? A labyrinth is an ancient archetype with a singular meandering path that leads from an outer edge to a center. Unlike
I woke up when I heard the opening chords of Chopin’s Ballade in F Major. I’d been dozing off, phone in my hand, trying to
While checking my university email several weeks after being hired, I beamed with excitement as I read the invitation for my first faculty welcome week
The challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic have exposed a number of ways in which higher education has lagged behind the rest of society and
The topic of imposter syndrome has been of interest to many in academia, but the discussion has primarily focused on early-career faculty (e.g., Craven, 2014).
*This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on January 4, 2017. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Did you know that the average attention span
*This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on November 27, 2016. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Mindfulness is paying attention to what is happening