Teaching black literature is hard, when generations of students have been taught things like: Racism only exists when black people are present. If black people only loved themselves, racism would go away. Wealthy, white women in the South and black…
In the Fall of 2014, I taught ENGL 339: Modern and Contemporary American Literature (one of my favorite courses to teach here at NJCU). For the final exam, students were assigned roles in Suzan-Lori Parks’s “In the Blood.” We had…
ENGL 215 Final Exam, Sula Pinterest Board (Annotated). Spring 2015, New Jersey City University. This past Spring, I presented my students with a new option: they would design and conduct a collaborative final exam. Not surprisingly, they were freaked out….
Yours, Mine & Ours: Adventures in Collaboration on 4/9/15, 2-4 p.m. @ NJCU. Tweet questions at #SpeakingofLitNJCU pic.twitter.com/rBcpVJd09S — Sonya Donaldson (@sunnygrrrl) April 2, 2015
I am drawn to the simplicity of both these love songs as well as the way they engage technology and the “modern.” “Computer Love” –Zapp “You know, I’ve been searching for someoneWho can share that special love with meAnd…