It’s been two months since I published a new installment, and it will be at least a few more months before I publish another.| Weird at My School
The first time I heard somebody recite a land acknowledgment was at a symposium in Edmonton.| Weird at My School
In 2019, we were all reading news reports about conflicts in the English department at Williams. In the lessons we drew from the reports, we revealed facets of our characters.| Weird at My School
I suspect the college sponsors worthless training programs in leadership, implicit bias, and other subjects.| Weird at My School
I never received any training in how to chair a department (unless you count the meeting where Professor James told me, “It’s impossible to fuck up the budget”).| Weird at My School
“You’re the only sane person in the English department.”| Weird at My School
“My workplace blew up with racial conflict,” Professor Herman wrote in 2023.| Weird at My School
In October 2018, I read something that didn’t make sense.| Weird at My School
In September 2018, Professor Herman said something that made the department secretary cry.| Weird at My School
In 2020, in the “impact statement” that she submitted as part of the workplace investigation, Professor Herman accused me of “fail[ing] to take leadership in pursuit of the core value of the College.” What was the college’s core value?| Weird at My School
How many professors in the English department were black women?| Weird at My School
One of the English department’s truly pointless conflicts concerned a legal question.| Weird at My School
In June 2019, the college hired a mediator to work with the English department.| Weird at My School
I’ve said that most professional relationships are superficial friendships.| weirdatmyschool.substack.com
Bittersweet stories. Click to read Weird at My School, by Aaron Kunin, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.| weirdatmyschool.substack.com
“Every structure of wealth, power, or education is based on a presumption of whiteness,” said the music department.| weirdatmyschool.substack.com
