What is the Traditional Family? by Jaylon Williams

I am neither a historian nor the academic that Carson is, but I have written some and have presented on the topic of family and marriage. I am employed at a nice size public university in the Northeast. I met Carson at a conference a few years ago and have served as a guest blogger here. While [...]

Thanks

It is safe to say that I will not be teaching any of my classes this week. Thanks to all of you who are keeping me in your thoughts and prayers. I am in ICU right now and will remain here until Saturday. Dr. Chen and his staff are monitoring me in preparation for surgery [...]

I Like Breaks

Either I do not know how to vacation during spring break or I am doing what most people do when they get a break: working to get caught up; teaching 3 heavy reading and writing courses keeps me from completing outside assignments as quickly as I would prefer. Like many history courses, there is a [...]

A German Visits

I spent a few hours yesterday welcoming the first day of spring break with Charlotte Hartman (pictured with me above) and her Hanover exchange friend Abby, who is studying at a public school in Wichita, Kansas for the year. Charlotte, who too is from Hanover Germany, spent last year studying at Houston Christian. She was clearly [...]

Meme: Passion Quilt

Hugh O’Donnell tagged me for this meme.   
Because many of the blogs I read by educators have already been tagged, I am going to tag the following educators: Mark Elrod, Bald Blogger, JRB, Tenured Radical and Dave’s Internet Lounge.
THE RULES:
Post a picture or make/take/create your own that captures what YOU are most passionate for students to learn about.
Give your [...]

The Color of Harding

Is it not the right of students of color to have faculty who look like them? Is it the presumed destiny of these students to feel that they are not worthy of the same rights as white students, who are more likely to have mentors, associates, and individuals with a common cultural background and disposition? [...]

Expelled

Finally, a movie I am looking forward to seeing. There are not enough movies for smart people to watch; however, this one looks really good. In a year where popular books discussing the silliness of religion were published by the likes of Richard Dawkins and Chris Hitchens, Ben Stein is set to release Expelled. [...]

Sundown Towns

The American Historical Association’s blog published the piece below on Sundown Towns. David Darlington concluded in this piece and at the AHA much of what James Loewen’s research found in his excellent book Sundown Towns. Read here to see the article at the AHA’s blog or just see below. I also wrote a piece about [...]

Out of the Office

It has been a very long but productive weekend; I met with fellow European history committee colleagues in Princeton for four days of work. As I have noted before, I am not sure there is a better environment in the country to do academic work than Princeton; its campus resonate a sense of status that [...]