I am thrilled to share that the Collaborative Writing Playbook series (published by Parlor Press) is now complete and is being published in the next few weeks! I am making this early announcement in light of the CCCC convention this week––as we make a special bundle offer to teachers and program leaders who are looking … Continue reading The Trilogy Is Complete: Introducing Collaborative Writing at Work
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Reflections on My First Sabbatical
As I write this in late December, I'm coming to the end of my first faculty development leave—a full semester away from teaching and formal service obligations. Like many academics taking their first sabbatical, I approached it with a mix of excitement and uncertainty. Would I actually be more productive? Would I feel guilty about … Continue reading Reflections on My First Sabbatical
Another Summer Through Black Mirror
As I wrap up another summer rhetoric course, I'm sitting here with that bittersweet feeling that comes at the end of every term—exhausted but energized, ready for a break but already missing the weekly conversations that pushed my own thinking in surprising directions. This was my fourth time teaching "the Black Mirror course," but my … Continue reading Another Summer Through Black Mirror
On Community, Care, and Academic Gatherings
Conferences on My Mind Yesterday, I opened my mailbox to find the latest issue of Composition Studies, featuring a special forum on academic conferences. As I flipped through the pages, reading perspectives from conference organizers across writing studies about the past and future of our field's gatherings, I realized that conferences have been occupying an … Continue reading On Community, Care, and Academic Gatherings
Reinvigorating the Teaching Life
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
Jason Tham, Ph.D. 