feminism – Christina Katopodis, PhD

“Wild,” a Book Review

After hiking 1,000+ miles of the Appalachian Trail (from the Smokies of North Carolina to the corn fields of Pennsylvania), I finally allowed myself the … Read More ›

Critical Race Studies, Gender & Women's Studies, Pedagogy, Sound Studies and Literature

Teaching LEMONADE in 19th-Century American Lit

I’m a 19th-century Americanist and my syllabi for courses taught in early American lit have covered a wide span of women’s literature. I’ve always gone … Read More ›

Composition & College Writing, Critical Race Studies, Gender & Women's Studies, Pedagogy

How do we write at the intersection of race and gender?

My 8am class has turned into a hotbed of burning questions and research. How this happened since my last post about the grueling 8am time slot, I … Read More ›

Critical Race Studies, Gender & Women's Studies, Pedagogy

In Your Lecture, Research Together

As I’ve mentioned in previous blog posts, my 8 a.m. class this semester has been a challenge but by now (two months into the semester) … Read More ›

American Literature, Gender & Women's Studies, Pedagogy

“A remaking of the mind itself”: Margaret Fuller’s Pedagogy & Mine

Teaching Margaret Fuller’s Woman in the Nineteenth Century is instructive in its challenge. The text contains numerous references that take students to task with additional … Read More ›

Critical Race Studies, Gender & Women's Studies, Pedagogy

Teaching the Impossible Syllabus: “Women, Gender & U.S. Literature”

When I was assigned “Women, Gender, and U.S. Literature,” a 5-week summer course that meets 4 days a week for 2 hours, I stared at … Read More ›

Gender & Women's Studies

Hiking Like A Woman, Part II

Last year I wrote about several women who are tough as nails, hiking the Appalachian Trail through rain and pain (read Part I here). This year … Read More ›