Back to School

As you may have noticed, I took a complete hiatus from this blog. I didn't really mean to just quit posting over the summer, but that's exactly what happened! I'm a bad, bad blogger.

Fall semester begins Monday so I will begin posting more regularly again. In the meantime, I am excited to report an update on ENGL 2320: Travel Literature. I was nervous it would not be run this term, but it currently has 16 students! The readings will include works from early explorers, the era of The Grand Tour, and then move quickly towards modern works starting with Kerouac. I've also included contemporary works like Bill Bryson, Mike Horn, and Jon Krakauer.

A new project I am working on is teaching ENGL 1102 as a hybrid course. So in seven weeks, with only 4 face-to-face meetings, our students will complete a semester's worth of learning. The course blog and wiki will still remain as key components of that course as places for journaling and collaborative projects.

Another projects on the radar include publishing the next edition of Prairie Fire, our student anthology.

Overall, it looks like it will be a very busy semester!