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Kevin Gannon

Kevin Gannon is a professor of history at Queens University of Charlotte, and director of its Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence. Find him on Bluesky: @TheTattooedProf.bsky.social.

Stories by This Author

Advice
By Kevin Gannon August 21, 2024
Four ways to approach what may be yet another “unprecedented” year in higher education.
Advice
Some of the most vulnerable employees at institutions are being hung out to dry.
New Semester
By Kevin Gannon September 4, 2023
There’s never a bad time to re-examine and rethink how to write your syllabus. This guide walks you through everything you need to know, with specific tips and strategies, to craft an effective syllabus.
Advice
By Kevin Gannon July 31, 2023
What to consider in drafting your own course guidelines on students’ use of tools like ChatGPT.
Advice
By Kevin Gannon May 22, 2023
What’s the point of pursuing “solutions” that exacerbate student disengagement, the very problem they are supposed to solve?
Advice
By Kevin Gannon October 26, 2022
Too often the demand for novel solutions to higher education’s woes disregards existing work and those doing it.
Advice
By Kevin Gannon April 4, 2022
Having experienced a more humane approach to work, why go back to the way things were before?
Advice
By Kevin Gannon June 9, 2021
In our post-Covid personnel landscape, one-size-fits-all tenure and promotion policies are destined to fall short.
Advice
By Kevin Gannon October 26, 2020
Armed with a can-do spirit, faculty members leaped into hybrid teaching this fall. The results have been decidedly mixed.
Advice
By Kevin Gannon May 23, 2020
How new faculty hires can prepare for an uncertain first semester on the job, and how department chairs can help.