Nonfiction Work
In my "other" career as historian/faculty developer/researcher/instructor, I've written about 25 academic articles--some for history publications, but mostly for scholarly teaching and learning journals. They're all available online or in searchable databases if you're so inclined. For example, here's one I wrote for an online journal on Elizabeth Hooton, a seventeenth century Quaker who suffered at the hands of local authorities. And hey, that article was cited in wikipedia (however, I have thoughts about how college students understand wikipedia, history & authorship).
In addition, when I was a starving grad student, I also wrote lots of short pieces for historical encyclopedias and dictionaries, which allowed me to investigate lots of random, fascinating stuff. (Lady Mary Chomondeley! Sir Francis Drake! Juana La Loca! Edward VIII! La Saragoassa!). If you're really really interested, I probably have some off-prints somewhere.
And if you know someone who needs to reflect critically on their teaching abilities, you might want to refer them to a book I co-authored: Light, Cox, and Calkins,Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: The Reflective Professional (Sage, 2009).
I currently am an associate director at the Searle Center for Teaching Excellence at Northwestern University, and I am a lecturer in the MS in Higher Education Administration program. In the past, I have taught history at Northwestern's School of Continuing Studies, Lake Forest College, the University of Louisville, the University of Indianapolis, and Purdue University.
In addition, when I was a starving grad student, I also wrote lots of short pieces for historical encyclopedias and dictionaries, which allowed me to investigate lots of random, fascinating stuff. (Lady Mary Chomondeley! Sir Francis Drake! Juana La Loca! Edward VIII! La Saragoassa!). If you're really really interested, I probably have some off-prints somewhere.
And if you know someone who needs to reflect critically on their teaching abilities, you might want to refer them to a book I co-authored: Light, Cox, and Calkins,Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: The Reflective Professional (Sage, 2009).
I currently am an associate director at the Searle Center for Teaching Excellence at Northwestern University, and I am a lecturer in the MS in Higher Education Administration program. In the past, I have taught history at Northwestern's School of Continuing Studies, Lake Forest College, the University of Louisville, the University of Indianapolis, and Purdue University.