Tag Archives: being a professor

I’m Giving a Plenary!

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

Hi, everyone, I have exciting news (well, it’s exciting to me): I’ll be giving the plenary talk at this year’s Medieval Association of the Midwest conference in October! My talk will be on cannibals and gender in medieval literature, and … Continue reading →

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2017 Redux: A Busy, Productive Year

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

It’s December 31; time for a “Year In Review” post! Here’s what I managed to accomplish professionally this year: Publications Essay Collection: Melusine’s Footprint: Tracing the Legacy of a Medieval Myth (edited with Misty Urban and Deva Kemmis). Leiden: Brill, … Continue reading →

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AY 2017-2018 Begins: Here Are Some Behind-the-Scenes Glimpses into the Making of an Online Course.

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

I’ve been radio-silent on this blog for over a month now, and that’s because I became an Auntie for the first time at the end of July (yay!!!), we got the page proofs for Melusine’s Footprint (yay!!!), and I was … Continue reading →

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2016 End-of-the-Year Wrap-Up

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

Professors–particularly professors who are contingent (non-permanent and adjunct faculty). permanent but not tenured, and tenure-track but not tenured–are regularly asked to perform acts of self-assessment, filling out performance evaluations, maintaining an updated CV, and responding to our supervisors’ assessment of … Continue reading →

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5 Things No One Can Prepare You For Once You’re In A Faculty Appointment For The First Time

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

  1. All. The. Emails. Truly, while I was thinking about being a full-time professor with a full-time workload, I was thinking about all of the papers, and the meetings, and the paperwork, and the meetings, and the class preps, … Continue reading →

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