Paul Hanstedt

I’m just disappointed that it’s “for science.”

Preach!

Received an email today with the subject line "Mannequin in nursing office."

And just like that, I have the name for my new band.

Hell yeah!

If you do it, have FUN with it! And let me know how it goes! I don't get to teach (anymore, after 30 years in the writing classroom), so I'm jealous!

My 20 cents. Feel free to ignore. But this is a COOL opportunity!

And then, a final project? Analyze what you learned about writing, language, power, identity from writing this narrative and thinking about the various versions? And . . . how, as you move forward with academic writing you'll be required to do, can this shape how you think about that writing?

And then I LOVE @heymrsbond.com's idea about messing with audience: how would they tell this story to family? To a potential employer? To . . . ? This bring in rhetorical awareness, the way that audience changes everything!

What if you turned the personal narrative into a literacy narrative: a story about their journey to learn how to read/write/speak, with all of its pluses and minuses? Or a key moment in that journey? This bring in meta-analysis: they're not just writing, they're thinking about how/why they write.

👇🎯

Why do more people not get this?

When your son knows that you love the accordion AND the movie FARGO, so lifts a poster from the background of a scene in the film and turns it into an ACTUAL poster for you. 😍

Said a professional goodbye yesterday to Virginia Wright-Peterson, one of the finest leaders I've ever met. It was deeply moving hearing faculty testify how this Vice Chancellor for FINANCE made them feel seen & heard & valued. This is how institutional finance should work.

And I don't even LIKE toast.

I needed this.

You misspelled “hours.”

All I want is a stable democracy.

Who’s betting you’ll get your wish first?

In some countries police cars are brightly colored and highly visible. Almost like their job is reminding people to drive carefully--as opposed to generating revenue.

Is this the part where we get to say "I told you so!"? Because I'm so ready for that.

The Year of Living Gratefully Around 15 years ago, I made a promise to myself that I would not retire with sore feelings about my career choice. Heaven knows, in 35 years...

I went to grad school with this guy. He helped me keep a clear head back then. He still helps me. myfallsemester.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...

I think that producing something allows students to understand how powerful they can be, how much agency they have, and how good it feels to contribute to the world. Katie Cullens at UMN is also doing work that seems to indicate that creating something can even lift teenagers out of depression!

No. Balance is good, but disengagement isn't balance and can be self-serving.

Five books arrayed on the red sofa in the OU Press conference room.

We now have five books in the @oupress.bsky.social "Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed" series, edited by James Lang & @michellemillerphd.bsky.social!

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gonna say though: it'll be worth it.

Met with my leadership coach today and learned that “waiting for people to eventually go away and/or die” is apparently NOT a valid leadership approach.

I think more and more of us are feeling this way. Even those of us who thought we WERE home.

Hero.

Death by Shakespeare Causes of 74 deaths in Shakespeare's plays #ShakespeareDay

Death by Shakespeare
Causes of 74 deaths in Shakespeare's plays
#ShakespeareDay

I need to re-up my status on this. Thanks for the reminder.

Colleagues doing faculty development: I'm working on a project with collaborators examining faculty mindsets comparing strict content delivery vs. more flexible/adaptable classroom practices. Anyone know a good instrument for exploring this--or related--matters?

Thanks!