by Jenae Cohn | Nov 15, 2019 | AmWriting, Personal, Professionalization, Writing
A glimpse into my weekend writing set-up at home: blanket, tea, laptop, and paper all scattered and at the ready! (This is my desk, by the way; my apartment is not big enough for a separate writing space right now, so this is actually just my coffee table converted...
by Jenae Cohn | May 22, 2019 | Higher Education, Professionalization
Sometimes, going big should be our goal, but on many other occasions, an obsession with scale and size can get in the way of cultivating community. As someone who has been working at the intersection of learning, design, and technology for a few years now, I’ve...
by Jenae Cohn | Apr 3, 2019 | Pedagogy, Personal, Professionalization, Writing
I’m always buzzing on the first day of a new academic term. The opportunity to start afresh, to see the possibilities of a few weeks of ideas before me activates a mixture of different energies: anxiety, excitement, uncertainty of what to expect as everyone...
by Jenae Cohn | Mar 22, 2019 | Pedagogy, Professionalization
No matter what work we do in the university, maintaining our roots in whatever discipline(s) we came from can help us deepen our empathy and our ability to communicate well with our colleagues. Last week, I attended the Conference on College Composition and...
by Jenae Cohn | Feb 28, 2019 | Pedagogy, Professionalization
My conference badge and swag from ELI 2019. I got pretty into all of the stickers, identifying my pronouns, my role at my institution, and the fact that I was a first-time attendee! Last week, I attended the EDUCUASE Learning Initiative (ELI) conference for the first...
by Jenae Cohn | Nov 28, 2018 | Pedagogy, Professionalization
It’s Week 9 (of 10) on the quarter system here at Stanford, which means that final projects are well underway for students and the instructors are anticipating the onslaught of final grading. There’s always a palpable nervous energy in the hallways during...
