Global Academic with expertise in Pedagogy, Digital Literacy, & Qualitative Research Methods
Through his research to discover what makes people really happy, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has come to understand the impact that finding extreme pleasure and lasting satisfaction in one’s work can have. Being in a state of flow – what he describes as the intensity, or “ecstasy,” and other worldly, out of body state that occurs “when…
What I’m learning from all of these opportunities to share and connect with researchers, students, teachers, and teacher educators To say that I’ve had a busy speaking schedule since starting this adventure in the Southern Hemisphere might be as much of an understatement as saying that the climate here in Java is “warm.” It started…
There’s nothing better than working with a room full of educators trying to make connections between research and their practice! Saturday was the UNNES English Department’s free workshop for local teachers, an annual service project that connects the research and practice of the university with educators from around the area. Working together with the committee,…
In late July, I had the wonderful opportunity to work with my long-time collaborator and dear friend, Alecia Magnifico, as we co-designed and co-facilitated a week-long, graduate credit course as part of the University of New Hampshire’s Literacy Institute. Our course, “Writing in the Wild: Fanfiction as a Classroom Practice,” was a brilliant opportunity to…