J. Neuhaus, "Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to Be Effective Teachers" (West Virginia UP, 2019)
The things that make people academics -- as deep fascination with some arcane subject, often bordering on obsession, and a comfort with the solitude that developing expertise requires -- do not necessarily make us good teachers. Jessamyn Neuhaus\u2019s Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to Be Effective Teachers (West Virginia University Press, 2019) helps us to identify and embrace that geekiness in us and then offers practical, step-by-step guidelines for how to turn it to effective pedagogy. It\u2019s a sharp, slim, and entertaining volume that can make better teachers of us all.\nStephen Pimpare\xa0is Senior Lecturer in the Politics & Society Program and Faculty Fellow at the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire. He is the author of\xa0The New Victorians\xa0(New Press, 2004),\xa0A Peoples History of Poverty in America\xa0(New Press, 2008), winner of the Michael Harrington Award, and\xa0Ghettos, Tramps and Welfare Queens: Down and Out on the Silver Screen\xa0(Oxford, 2017).\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/genocide-studies