My Op-Ed Pieces
Learning is Learning, Right?
“I mean, learning is learning, right?” This topic came up in a recent conversation with other L&D professionals and initially, I thought YES! Learning is learning. And then I started thinking about the learning of my students, and how I designed for them, vs how I designed for now for my corporate clients and had…
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“What do you do?”
“What do you do?” The inevitable question at business conferences and cocktail parties. Many of us have ready-made answers: “I work in finance,” “I’m a nurse,” “I’m an engineer.” For years, I had one too: “I’m a professor.” The responses were predictable. “Oh great!” or “Must be nice to have summers off.” And when they…
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The Graphing Calculator in the Gen AI Era
“But…but…they’re just being lazy”. “But that’s cheating!”. “I never did it that way” These are common refrains I hear when meeting with instructors these days. Many of my colleagues are resisting the changes generative AI can bring to classrooms. They have been teaching the same way for 5, 10, 15 or more years, and prefer…
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Pivot
Hopefully, when you read that title, you heard Ross Gellar yelling “Pivot!” in your head. If you didn’t, we’re definitely of different generations. When I chose my career pathway (a Psychologist) one reason I chose it was because of its consistency and predictability. I looked at all of the other Psychologists around me. They had…
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Living My Purpose
This title seems daunting. Maybe too daunting? When I look back at 25-year-old Juliann my purpose was to be a Psychologist. To share knowledge, and enthusiasm about the field with others. I wasn’t quite sure what that would look like. In my 30’s my purpose took on the shape of 5 little kids. My purpose…
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Why I ID
I have a Ph.D. in Psychology. I was a successful college professor for over 20 years. My first multi-authored textbook had just been published. And I jumped ship. I am also a Mom. A Mom to 5 wonderful children. 3 of my kids are on the Autism Spectrum. All 5 have ADHD to varying degrees.…
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