Failing Upwards

drama

  • My Beef with Academic Conferences

    I distinctly remember my graduate school mentors advising me to attend conferences to bolster my marketability. Naturally, when a mentor tells you that attending these academic events is essential, you follow orders and try to show up for as many… Continue reading

    My Beef with Academic Conferences

  • Whales in a Mud Puddle

    In my decade of working at SLACs, I reached a conclusion about faculty that saddens me. It stings a little more because I am guilty of it myself. However, I am at least aware that I have a problem. I… Continue reading

    Whales in a Mud Puddle

  • This Place Proves That Health Should Not Be a Commodity

    This is a selection from my first novel Remus College. If you enjoy it, please consider purchasing it from Amazon right here. Another year, another homecoming week at Remus. All the fun and frolicking of the older alumni making passes… Continue reading

    This Place Proves That Health Should Not Be a Commodity

  • My Farewell Letter to the Campus

    This is a redacted letter that I wrote and planted in various places across the campus of Romulus University. It will serve as a time capsule in the event that someone actually finds one of these letters. I am not… Continue reading

    My Farewell Letter to the Campus

  • Our Academic Cabinet is Bare

    After my latest campus visit, I returned to find a massive shakeup in the academic cabinet at Romulus University. Life seems to work that way. You leave home base for a brief moment, and everything changes. It’s like when you… Continue reading

    Our Academic Cabinet is Bare

  • Now We Have a Color Code for This?

    I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that I will be writing about our school’s parking problems again. The good news is that this should be the last time I ever have to write… Continue reading

    Now We Have a Color Code for This?

  • Here is a Plaque, Now Smile Like You Mean It

    With all of the department’s calamities during my second year, there was one bright spot for me. As the school year ended, I received a notice from an academic journal that they wanted to publish my research article. The piece… Continue reading

    Here is a Plaque, Now Smile Like You Mean It

  • Is our profession humorless?

    I ask this question because I am starting to notice that, among colleagues and the various forums I frequent, there is little humor. I am not saying I am a funny person or that I am qualified to determine what… Continue reading

    Is our profession humorless?

  • The Other New Hire

    When I arrived at Remus, I was one of eight new professors starting that fall semester. That sounds like a lot of new faces for one college to have in a year. If a college has a huge student body,… Continue reading

    The Other New Hire

  • Your Tears Didn’t Save My Job

    It is no secret that my tenure application at Romulus University did not pass. Well, there are more than a few faculty around here who don’t know because I don’t advertise misfortune around here. Besides, most of the people here… Continue reading

    Your Tears Didn’t Save My Job