Category: Diary of a VAP

As I mentioned earlier, I missed the week-long orientation for new faculty. But the college is committed to helping us transition, so we have periodic meetings throughout the semester, the first of which was this week. In addition to meeting the other new arrivals — all from different departments — I got to hear the

I taught a lot as a graduate student. I twice TA’d for a large survey course, but most of my classes were independent: I taught lots of first-year writing classes and a couple introductory literature courses, so I’m pretty comfortable putting together syllabi, choosing readings, designing assignments, and tasks of that sort. My course load