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We Need to Dig Deep in 2025
Francine with her best friend Tux. Francine excels at digging deep. Meet Francine and her best friend Tux. Francine came to the farm a...
Jan 75 min read

Are Your Role Models Heroic or Horrific? A Work/Life Perspective
By Michael Kramer and Debbie Dougherty When I first started working at the University of Missouri, I had a work mentor and role model. ...
Feb 6, 20248 min read

Award Winning Book? Two Awards! How did that Happen?
I want to share some really good news. This past November, my book, Sexual Harassment in Organizational Culture, won both the book of...
Jan 16, 20245 min read


Why Do We Need Tenure? Have You Ever Heard of Galileo?
Many years ago, when I was a highly opinionated undergraduate student in Speech Communication at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, I explained...
May 30, 20237 min read


Professor Trauma is Real
Last night I had a nightmare. I dreamed that I did not have time to read Francie Smith’s (who graduated at least 10 years ago)...
May 2, 20236 min read

Dear Politicians, Another Black Child was Shot in the Head. Now will you step back from the Ledge?
Was Ralph a threat? No. Of course not. So why did this White man shoot Ralph? The most obvious answer is implicit bias. He assumed that
Apr 25, 20236 min read

My Student is in the Bathroom Having a Panic Attack! Teaching in the Age of Anxiety
It is the end of the semester and teachers all over the world are facing an emerging problem that is threatening our ability to educate....
Dec 6, 20224 min read
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