At my current position at Anera, I have been fortunate enough to put my training from academia into applied practice. This summer, I visited one of our women's economic empowerment projects in Qalqilya, Palestine, a project that was the result of one of the first successful grant applications that I had submitted with Anera. Here … Continue reading Women’s empowerment, from proposal to reality – The Olive Press Reblog
The Model Arab League Manual is the culmination of over decade’s joys and frustrations, all shared with one of the best colleagues I’ve ever had. Thank you so much to Manchester University Press, NCUSAR, and all of our former students and colleagues who helped us delve through mountains of paperwork, PDFs, and archival research to make this book a reality. If you had told me in 2004 that I would go on to be a national leader in this program, let alone coauthor the book on the program, I would have laughed. Hard.
Jumping into actual comic books from the movies and television shows is terrifying and daunting. It’s like jumping into Doctor Who: where do you start? From the beginning? From the most recent major event? And with what character? And what publisher? And will people judge you if you pick the wrong place to start? And how did I make the leap from comic book noob to teaching Ms. Marvel?
For most people, nightmares include intrinsically scary elements. Your second grade teacher suddenly becomes a T-Rex and disembowels all of your classmates Red Wedding-style as you stare on in horror. Out of nowhere, you're in your dorm, and MONSTERS! Scary MONSTERS! show up and all you have to fight them with is your stupid Red … Continue reading The Night of the Dissertation Proposal Defense
All achievements in academia seem to be underwhelming. You write and write waiting for that moment of validation ("send it on to the committee"), only to feel completely underwhelmed when it actually comes through because you're so emotionally exhausted from the entire process.
Holly A. Jordan 