Megan Griffin
The Sacred Rituals of Reading and Writing in Community
TCU’s rather remarkable journey to the national football championship for the first time since 1938—and their rather remarkable 65-7...
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Her Voice at the Table Team
Dec 16, 20228 min
Holiday Gift Guide, 2022!
Last week, I came across a meme that read, “I hate when people ask me if I’m all ready for Christmas. No, Susan. I’m not even ready for...
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Grace Keller and Phoebe White
Dec 12, 20224 min
Making a (Major) Switch: Two High School Seniors on What Change Means to Them
Our mission at Her Voice at the Table is to create a space to share and discuss the intersections of student writing and well-being: how...
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Claire Weber
Dec 6, 20226 min
Making a (Major) Switch: Advice from a College Student
I came onto UChicago’s campus in the fall of 2020 as optimistic as someone who was entering college in 2020 could be. I was sure of...
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Megan Griffin
Nov 17, 20224 min
Quick Hit: Foodie Lit Assignments and Student Samples
In Liesl Mayerson’s post “Finding Her Place at the Table,” she provides a glimpse into her senior-level Foodie Literature classroom, a...
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Liesl Mayerson
Nov 14, 20227 min
Finding Her Place at the Table
As we go into this season of Thanksgiving, I find myself reflecting on and profoundly grateful for one of the most joyful courses I have...
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Megan Griffin and Kate Schenck
Oct 26, 20223 min
Quick Hit: Echoes of Antigone Assignment and Student Examples
In our post “Wisdom of the Ancients: A Cathartic Approach to Antigone,” we noted that our assessment for this unit asks students to...
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Megan Griffin and Kate Kairies Schenck
Oct 17, 202212 min
The Wisdom of the Ancients: A Cathartic Approach to Teaching Antigone
You touch my most painful thoughts, a lament plowed over and over for my father and for the whole destiny of us all... –Antigone, lines...
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Megan Griffin
Aug 23, 20226 min
Jane Eyre Pilgrimage, Part I: Or, How Kate Bush is Preparing Me for This School Year
In May 2022, I took the personal and professional development trip of a lifetime: a Jane Eyre pilgrimage. It was a weeklong reading,...
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Jessica Bailey
Jun 23, 20229 min
Highway to the Resting Zone: Teachers and the Summer Slowdown
In an attempt to kick off the summer right, my husband and I went on a double date with my brother-in-law and sister-in-law to see...
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Olivia Ide and Megan Griffin
May 27, 20229 min
Getting into Some Good Trouble: Student Activism and Well-Being
This week began with the joy that accompanies the final days of a school year for both students and teachers: those sweet series of...
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Biz Kechejian
May 9, 20225 min
Reading to Students as a Loving Practice
Unrelenting tears dripped onto my open book as I cackled with laughter, surrounded by freshmen in a circle on the floor, consumed by the...
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Kate Schenck
May 2, 20226 min
Longing in Translation: How a Mandarin Teacher is Influencing my English Classroom
This month, while reading Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain, I came across a quote in her opening chapter...
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Megan Griffin
Apr 25, 202211 min
Poems Taught and Remembered
In celebration of National Poetry Month, we extended an invitation to our fellow teachers in the English, World Languages, and Social...
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Megan Griffin
Apr 11, 20228 min
What Can Poetry Offer to Us?: Teaching Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s Oceanic
There’s a moment in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre where the protagonist Jane, shifting into the self-assured voice of an Anglican...
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Elizabeth Smith
Apr 4, 20224 min
The Starbucks Effect: The Customization of Education
Two years ago during the pandemic lock-down, I familiarized myself with food delivery apps such as DoorDash and Grubhub. I delighted in...
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Caitlin Rathe
Mar 28, 20226 min
Student Teach-Ins: Centering Student Voices by Letting Go in the (History) Classroom
I’m a first-year high school history teacher trying to survive what was supposed to be a post-COVID year that is very much still weird....
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Kyle B. Lee
Mar 7, 20225 min
The Joy of Change and Discovery: Introducing Octavia E. Butler to a New Generation
In a binge-watch society, television shows and film franchises typically take on most of the public conversation in pop culture. When I...
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Kate Schenck
Feb 28, 20223 min
Beyond Black History Month
This week my school’s African American Awareness (AAA) Club and Office of Community and Inclusion offered a special workshop on Black...
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Rachel Davies, Megan Griffin, and Kate Schenck
Feb 21, 20228 min
On Stories Celebrating Black Joy and Love
We are always reading on the side here at Her Voice at the Table, and this week we want to spotlight some of our favorite texts about...
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