How many times have you logged into your college mail accounts only to be overwhelmed by an avalanche of information, and then to realize that none of…
Katherine Kiefer-Newman
This morning I was standing in an urban classroom teaching the political ramifications of death for Westerners as viewed through a Japanese lens. In a few hours,…
There are days when I wonder why I even got out of bed. In teaching, these days can sneak up on you when you aren't ready for…
I am not shy. This was an asset back in the early 90s when I sold computers and corporate network solutions. It's an asset in the classroom…
I rushed around this morning trying to find my nice shoes, print out a copy of my lecture notes, grab the textbook, and wolf down something so…
It's almost May. The weather has changed and it's making me think ahead. I'm already planning my meager summer vacation. Most of this summer I'll be desperately…
By Kat Kiefer-Newman From their laptops, their Blackberries, their iPhones, and now their iPads they Tweet. They Tweet in the library, the parking lot, walking along the…
By Kat Kiefer-Newman I'm no Cupid. There are some things I am very good at, but I am seriously no Cupid. Nor am I a Yenta, a…
By Kat Kiefer-Newman I went to a job fair recently. The CCC Registry (California Community Colleges Registry) just had one in L.A. and my dear friend Emma…
By Kat Kiefer-Newman Yesterday was the California Shake-Out. This feels like a statewide acknowledgment that the world really will end in 2012 (the year that the Mayan…
