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The Bible & The Novel: Netflix’s Messiah (& Mark’s Gospel)
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[NOW on Netflix] Exploring Nella Larsen’s “Passing”: A Conversation about Race in America with Bryce Coefield
Nella Larsen’s novel Passing is now in movie form on Netflix. Use these recorded conversations as a watching/reading companion to the movie and/or novel, as you think about race in America.
Teaching Challenge: Create Lectures that make Students want to Read the Book! Six (short) Video’s on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale.
So, how does a teacher guide students through at book—through (hopefully) engaging and entertaining videos — in a way that encourages thinking, that is encourages students to read, reflect, and respond rigorously without the classroom?
The Bible & The Novel: The Gospel of Mark 11-16 (& Netflix’s Messiah)
Ever wished there was a gospel written specifically for those really bleak, hopeless moments when all appears lost? A gospel writer that seems to...
The Bible & The Novel: Mark’s Gospel (& Netflix’s Messiah)
Resurrecting Jesus from the fog of familiarity can be hard—so hard, in fact, that we often gloss over the way each individual gospel text portrays...
The Bible & The Novel: Netflix’s Messiah (& Mark’s Gospel)
Stories that reimagine Jesus, considering what his life would look like if lived in the modern world, have a long history in the Christian...
The Bible & the Novel: Ruth & Marilynne Robinson’s Lila
Too often texts fall silent because we think we know the story. Or because we find the barriers of time, place, and culture insurmountable. At...
Fortune 500 Company adopts my Students’ Writing Project
Earlier this month, Joey the Spotted Turtle was adopted by EmNet! After bringing Joey into the world as a class project, my Environmental Literature...
Solving Real World Problems with Writing: Introducing Joey the Spotted Turtle!
For my “Literature and the Environment” class (spring 2018), I tasked my students with a highly open-ended project. As a class community, they...
Snapshots from the Wheaton College classroom
During the 2016-2017 academic year, I had the privilege of being a visiting assistant professor at Wheaton College. The Wheaton English department...
Student Reflection on The Catholic Novel Class
In Fall 2015, I had the opportunity to co-teach a directed reading course for the Theology Department on the Catholic Novel with Dr. Tim O'Malley....
Long-Form Fiction : Teaching Multi-Plot Novels, Serial Television, and Writing Screenplays
Over the past ten years, I have really enjoyed watching movies and TV shows in my “down time.” But, increasingly, it is impossible to watch (or,...