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Dean Talk: Personal Reflections on Shifting Pedagogy with AI
Last week, we heard from teachers and admin about what’s rolling around in their minds as they face the technology jungle–cell phones and...

Elizabeth Smith 
Sep 25, 20235 min read


Teacher Talk: Tech Policies that Connect Students with Humanity
As the new academic year commences, our teacher brains are swirling with a litany of questions about technology use—perennial ones like...
Her Voice at the Table Team
Sep 8, 202313 min read


In Your Own Words: ChatGPT and Other Intelligences
For the past year, academia has been roiled by news that students can use generative artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT to write...

Kate Schenck
Jul 6, 20238 min read


Off the Beaten Path of Least Resistance
It appears to be a map, a watercolor illustration that you might find at the front of a fantasy book. Pastel pathways whimsically sprawl...

Biz Kechejian
May 3, 20236 min read


The Stories We Tell
Early to mid-April is that sweet time of year when some of the winter crispness still lingers in the morning air, a crispness slowly...

Rachel Davies 
Apr 17, 20239 min read


The Exceptional Hero's Journey: What My Bookshelf Has Taught Me About Classic Literature
As I rapidly approach the end of my senior year, I am closing out my high school reading curriculum with The Iliad for my Greek...

Phoebe White
Mar 27, 20237 min read


People Being People: Dispatches from a High School Senior on Learning to Know Herself
One fateful day last December, I was dubbed a patterned-sock/New-Year’s person by my AP Lit class. On the graph of fuzzy socks to...

Grace Keller
Mar 23, 20238 min read


The (Book) Love Hypothesis: Part Two of "Rom-Coms and Book Nerds: A Love Story"
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...

Reagan Engleman and Margaret Gramling
Feb 17, 20235 min read


Rom-Coms and Book Nerds: A Love Story
“Reader, I married him.” -Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre Skeletons in the Closet This year I have been watching old episodes of Murder She...

Kate Schenck
Feb 14, 202311 min read


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...

Megan Griffin 
Jan 23, 202314 min read


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...
Her Voice at the Table Team
Dec 16, 20228 min read


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...
Grace Keller and Phoebe White
Dec 12, 20224 min read


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...

Claire Weber
Dec 6, 20226 min read


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...

Megan Griffin 
Nov 17, 20224 min read


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...

Liesl Mayerson 
Nov 14, 20227 min read


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...

Megan Griffin and Kate Schenck 
Oct 26, 20223 min read


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...
Megan Griffin and Kate Kairies Schenck
Oct 17, 202212 min read


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,...

Megan Griffin 
Aug 23, 20226 min read


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...

Jessica Bailey 
Jun 23, 20229 min read


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...

Olivia Ide and Megan Griffin 
May 27, 20229 min read
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