Read time: approximately 11 minutes This week Monday, 27 October headed back to Kruseløkka Ungdomsskole in Sarpsborg for workshops on how artists clapback and what it means to be American and Norwegian. Tuesday, 28 October headed back to Halden VGS to do a workshop on what it means to be American and Norwegian. On my … Continue reading 2025-11-01 Loneliness and Community

Read time: approximately 13 minutes This week I facilitated a lot of workshops! Which meant lots of travel! Monday and Tuesday, 20 and 21 October I did mad prep for the week and next week.  Wednesday, 22 Oct I was back at Kruseløkka Ungdomsskole in Sarpsborg doing workshops on How Systems of Oppression Persist and … Continue reading 2025-10-25 I love teaching

Read time: approximately 11 minutes This week Mon, 13 Oct went to Oslo to observe a Storyline training for elementary teachers-in-training Tues, 14 Oct facilitated two slang workshops (the first of their kind!) at Kirkeparken Videregående Skole in Moss (it's pronounced sheer kuh park en; it means church. do you hear it?!) Wed, 15 Oct … Continue reading 2025-10-18 Learning to Rest and Do Nothing

Read time: approximately 15 minutes This week we returned from Autumn Break! Mon, 06 Oct I taught a workshop at the university where I’m based, Høgskolen i Østfold to teachers-in-training about teaching writing! Wed, 08 Oct I taught the first of a three-part workshop to teachers at Halden VGS, an upper elementary school, about offering … Continue reading 2025-10-11 How We Remember Shapes How We Teach

read time: approximately 10 minutes This week It was Autumn Break! But evidently just for students. And if you are a parent of a student. If you don’t have children you were to be at work? This is the thing I have understood the least so far.  Thursday, 02 October went to the county police … Continue reading 2025-10-04 And Time Marches On

read time: approximately 14 minutes This week I Helped to prepare the Center for a conference Monday, Sept 22;  Received emails from CSU about a militia-like presence on campus because of a vigil and protest for Charlie Kirk, who was supposed to speak at CSU on Sept 18; Was told by my CSU friends to … Continue reading 2025-09-20 What does it mean to be an American? In these times?

read time: approximately 14 minutes total: ~5 minutes for Part I; ~7 minutes for Part II; ~2 minutes for Part III This week Wed, 10 Sept I facilitated my first workshop at Halden VGS, with vocational studies students (electricians); Th, 11 Sept I traveled to Moss, Norway; Fri, 12 Sept I facilitated to workshops at … Continue reading 2025-09-13 Language

2019-07-13 What is Justice? I’ve been thinking a lot lately about justice: what is it? Who gets it? What does that look like? Inspired by Gloria Ladson-Billings’ acceptance address for the AERA Social Justice Award (2015), I picked up Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. Both texts have me thinking about how we define justice, what … Continue reading Blog roll