About Me
Hi, I’m Addie
Equal parts Associate Professor, passport-stamp collector, and pretend pro triathlete.
By day, I’m an Associate Professor of Language and Literature at Moberly Area Community College, helping students wrangle research essays in order to find their voice. By weekends, I’m a pretend pro triathlete logging miles in the pool, on the bike and on the pavement.
When I’m not grading hundreds of papers, you’ll typically find me exploring far-off places, documenting my learning journey and gathering stories to bring back to the classroom.
Welcome to my corner of the internet. I believe life is best lived with momentum. Here, you’ll read my higher-ed insights, race-day realities, and travel tales. Grab a coffee and stay a while!
With love for writing,
Blog Posts
Running the Chicago Marathon: The Gateway to World Marathon Majors
On the flight to Chicago, sleeping peacefully in the row in front of me sat the person who convinced me to sign up for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon: my friend, Gloria. It was her convincing, which took all of maybe five minutes, that I signed up for an expensive race I knew nothing…
10 Photos That Will Make You Want to Travel to Inner Mongolia
In early October, I traveled to the quiet village of Kulun Yinshawan, located in northeastern China. Although the name is deceiving, Inner Mongolia is actually in China. It’s the region which includes most of the length of China’s border with Mongolia.
How to Overcome Grading Fatigue
College instructors have the best jobs, but the idea that it’s the perfect job is a myth. It’s not all cargo shorts and Birkenstocks. No. It can be quite stressful. An instructor’s time is spent doing a heavy mix of grading essays, teaching lectures, creating lessons, working with students, and working in committees. It’s all…
Writing as a Form of Therapy: How My Chinese Students Processed COVID-19 Through Journaling
As much as I didn’t want to write another blog post about COVID-19, I feel like this was too good not to share.
How COVID-19 Changed Everything for Expat Teachers in China
My phone buzzed in my jacket pocket. It’s mom. She’s wondering if I heard about this new virus that’s spreading in China. Wear a mask and be careful, she wrote. I replied with a masked selfie while boarding my flight in Dalian, hoping it would lessen her concern. Deep inside, I was relieved to be…
Why Expats Should Accept Every Invite During Their First Month Abroad
China is my do-over. It’s my “let’s get it right this time.”
An Update: My Life in Dalian, China After Two Weeks
My first day was absolutely unforgiving. Like, pack my bags, fire up the taxi, I’m going back home–rough. Yeah. I can laugh it off now because I’ve fully recovered, but it didn’t help that I missed my connecting flight in Beijing because of a six hour layover in Dallas. That part wasn’t even that bad.…
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