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Uncertainty, Attention, Education

Degree Recognition Speech, May 2023

May 10

May 10

Curiousity, Cooperation

In the past year, I’ve stepped into the role of Dean at the University of Utah’s Honors College….so I have the privilege/obligation to…

May 10

May 10

Never Enough? On continuous growth versus what sustains us

Unfettered Achievement Motivation

Nov 27, 2021

Never Enough? On continuous growth versus what sustains us

Nov 27, 2021

Building Relational Elements into Online Courses: A Manifesto

In November, I wrote about the problem of motivation in online courses and my belief that we, as educators, need to attend to solutions…

Apr 14, 2021

Apr 14, 2021

Another Family’s Photos in the Middle of the Night, or the Value in Mystery

The other night, our 15-year-old daughter came down to our bedroom in deep distress. She had been taking a shower, and while she was in…

Apr 6, 2021

Another Family’s Photos in the Middle of the Night, or the Value in Mystery

Apr 6, 2021

Mental Health, Pass-Fail Grading, Online Pedagogy

I came across an article this weekend about a provost under fire from students for an apparently callous response to their concerns about…

Apr 5, 2021

Mental Health, Pass-Fail Grading, Online Pedagogy

Apr 5, 2021

The sun and the wind

and the lukewarm circling air

Mar 8, 2021

The sun and the wind

Mar 8, 2021

Why are online courses — which would seem to give students alot of autonomy — so unmotivating?

I’ve been talking with students and faculty and staff about online classes and student motivation recently. It is not news that students…

Nov 10, 2020

Nov 10, 2020

Academic Doomscrolling, Old School Style

For someone who probably seems like an optimist, I’m actually a pretty negative person. When I began working in administrative roles (as…

Sep 8, 2020

Academic Doomscrolling, Old School Style

Sep 8, 2020

What the Student Body, reflected in the bodies of students, reveals about the purpose of Higher Ed.

Prologue: Unpacking the idea of purpose.

Aug 10, 2020

Aug 10, 2020

Monishapasupathi

Monishapasupathi

Professor of Psychology. Dean of Honors College. Dabbler in art, outdoors, and creative writing. Views are my own.

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