About four years ago, I created a highlight reel of some of my favorite Black history stories that appeared on Drunk History. In a moment where we seem to be facing a reckoning around racial justice, but also how the history of Black people is taught and framed, I wanted to update this original post … Continue reading Drunk History’s (Updated) Guide to Black History
[PODCAST] Subject Matter X, Episode 1
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of kicking off Content Pair's Subject Matter X podcast. Designed to highlight the journeys to expertise of magicians, sleep experts, pitching analysts...and yes, apparently me 🙂 Content Pair is a company designed to pair marketing professionals in need of expertise, with the highly qualified folks that can … Continue reading [PODCAST] Subject Matter X, Episode 1
[PODCAST] Boundless Podcast, Episode 8
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of getting to talk to Paul Millerd of Boundless for The Boundless Podcast. Paul is doing some really smart and interesting work on the future of work, how we can prepare people for it, and what traits it will take to embrace and thrive in this new … Continue reading [PODCAST] Boundless Podcast, Episode 8
[PODCAST] Higher Ed Geek, Episode 12
It was a pleasure to get to appear on my friend and fellow Defector Dustin Ramsdell's podcast, Higher Ed Geek. If you include his stint as cohost of the Student Affairs Spectacular podcast, it'll mark the third time we've shared the airwaves! In this third edition, we get a little more personal and talk about … Continue reading [PODCAST] Higher Ed Geek, Episode 12
My Best Laughs of 2017
For the second year, I'm sharing a list of some of my favorite laughs of 2017. Comedy specials, live performance, movies, and TV all made the cut this year. Please note, these were far from the only things that I laughed at...not even close. But they were the ones that, when I look back on … Continue reading My Best Laughs of 2017
Help Me Bring My Weird to Austin!
In recent years, the tail end of summer has brought another milestone for me: South by Southwest registration and panel season. I'm participating in the latter for the first time since 2013, and would love your help in upvoting a pair of proposals I'm a part of. Check out the details, and cast your votes … Continue reading Help Me Bring My Weird to Austin!
Unconventional Leadership and Student Development Reads
Having a book list front and center may have given you the indication that I'm a reader. I have 1-2 on me at all times, even in inopportune places. This has been a trait of mine for as long as I can remember- I remember a particularly heated family Disney trip, turned so after I … Continue reading Unconventional Leadership and Student Development Reads
My Best Laughs of 2016
The summer of 2016 brought me a silly but welcome challenge: writing a joke a day for 100 days as part of Elle Luna's 100 Day Project. Despite being a prolific (if nothing else) writer, writing with the aim of humor has always proved to be a considerable, but always worthy, challenge. Writing on days … Continue reading My Best Laughs of 2016
Laughter Through Tears, Laughter Through Fears
My face still tight and salty with tears, trying to negotiate nearby luggage and an airport dinner of tacos and rice, I clumsily fired off a text: I just cried on a plane. Are we ever going to be funny again? It was Thursday, November 10th, and I was flying to California for a conference- … Continue reading Laughter Through Tears, Laughter Through Fears
Not Just Another Manic Monday
I'll start here: I don't talk enough about how mental illness affects me. I don't talk about how I've learned to tell when an anxiety attack is coming on, and have left the office (or house, now) on more than one occasion to walk around the neighborhood, calming my breathing and willing my hands to … Continue reading Not Just Another Manic Monday
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