I am a professor who teaches in the humanities at a U.S. university. I am passionate about exploring how to do education. I believe that the key to encouraging education in contemporary virtual frontiers is to create learning communities inside and outside the classroom.
By Zainab Cheema Let's Talk About Microaggression Let’s talk about microaggressions in Higher Ed. According to Benjamin Reese’s June 2020 article with Inside Higher Ed, there is a significant gap between DEI …
By Zainab Cheema Higher Ed and the Crisis of Diversity Higher Ed is facing a diversity crisis. Due to economic pressures placed by the pandemic, more students of color are deciding to …
By Zainab Cheema Hunger on College Campuses COVID 19 has spotlighted a problem that has existed for quite some time—food and financial insecurities experienced by college students across America. Even with existing …
By Zainab Cheema Macmillan recently streamed a hi-flex talk featuring two professors from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Department of Rhetoric and Writing. On August 25th, 2021, Rebecca Glazier …
By Zainab Cheema Returning to face-to-face classrooms this fall is proving to be overwhelming for students. Alongside fear of COVID-19’s variants and the everyday anxieties of juggling academics and activities, another …
By Zainab Cheema In my last blog post, I covered the first part of Course Hero’s online Education Summit 2021. Three proved to be the magic number for community building. The …
By Zainab Cheema Course Hero’s Education Summit 2021 (#EdSummit21) featured some of the most exciting voices in Education today. From July 28 to July 30, 2021, faculty members, K-12 teachers, administrators, …
By Zainab Cheema Do you remember the story of the hare and the tortoise? As it turns out, Aesop’s fable is grounded in neuroscience. Hiker brain learners (the learners who take …
By Zainab Cheema Pursuing an inclusive classroom often feels like the search for El Dorado. Despite best practices and the best of intensions, teachers come to realize that our standard lesson …
By Zainab Cheema Nikole Hannah-Jones has made waves by her decision to reject UNC's tepid offer for tenure for a teaching position at Howard University. While UNC ultimately decided in favor …
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