Another school year has come and gone. Between the annual May Seminar (a 3-day, in-person conference for our online PhD students that took place right after our university’s spring finals) and the new summer semester that’s starting this week, I had a little break from school-related work and enjoyed a bit of rest. During this … Continue reading Academic Year Reflections
Dear friends, I am still here. 😅 My last blog entry (excluding the intermittent publication announcements) was posted almost exactly a year ago when I achieved tenure and where I reflected on that process and my emotional experience. To be frank, I am feeling quite guilty about losing touch with writing blog entries here because … Continue reading Reinvigorating the Teaching Life
The second book in Joe Moses and my collaborative writing playbook series, titled Writing to Learn in Teams: A Collaborative Writing Playbook for Students Across the Curriculum, has just been released by Parlor Press.
I'm excited to share about a book contract that I just signed with Parlor Press for the #KeywordsProject that started in 2019. You may recall that in December 2022 I announced the publication of a similar collection, Keywords in Design Thinking, released by The WAC Clearinghouse/University Press of Colorado. Keywords in Design Thinking was a … Continue reading New Contract ✍️: Keywords in *Making*
I am processing many feelings as I reflect on the journey that has taken me from a fresh PhD graduate status to my recent achievement of a milestone known as "tenure" in academia. It's only appropriate for me to begin with a sense of gratitude. Thank you a great lot to all the well-wishers on … Continue reading The rhetoric and process of tenure
Jason Tham, Ph.D. 