In celebration of NCTE’s National Day on Writing, I reflect on why I — despite a (self-inflicted) heavy teaching & service load — write.

Writing a FDP helps you capture and distill the inner voice— informed by many years of scholarship, professionalization, and experience— that intuitively guides the choices you make when planning, delivering, and assessing a program or workshop.  

This spring, I was a finalist for the FACET Innovate Award in the Creative Uses of Online Tools category for one of the first installments in my Empower Your Learning module series.

In March and April 2025, I had the privilege of leading faculty development events with the IU Center of Excellence for Women & Technology and the Digital Gardeners Faculty Fellows Program.

On making the jump from Google Sites to Squarespace