Shea SwaugerMay 2, 20235 min readReflections on Leaving LibrarianshipThis is not a screed against my former job or a condemnation of higher education, but as it’s been about a year since I left...
Shea SwaugerNov 9, 20214 min readCheating Doesn't MatterI don’t care about cheating. In school, it doesn’t matter the grade, the subject, or the test, I don’t think it’s a big deal. These are...
Shea SwaugerSep 9, 202111 min readThe Thing that Gets Us to the ThingThis is adapted from a presentation from the Julie J. Boucher Memorial Lecture on Intellectual Freedom for the 2021 Colorado Association...
Shea SwaugerJun 4, 20212 min readSalary equity requires transparency Update March 4, 2022: I've been told that the CU System only compiles salary data once a year in September and then is validated by...
Shea SwaugerOct 31, 20206 min readThe Calculus of Harm TL;DR We can estimate that 3,588 students of color have experienced racial discrimination by Proctorio 31,397 times in the last year at...
Shea SwaugerOct 26, 20204 min readPetition to Ban Facial Recognition and Algorithmic Proctoring To: The CU Faculty Council Executive Committee We’re writing to request the University of Colorado System ban the use of facial...
Shea SwaugerAug 13, 20203 min readWhat They'll RememberI’ve had so many conversations with parents recently who are worried about their kids’ education and not being sure what to do when it...
Shea SwaugerJun 15, 20204 min readF*cking Hammers“A hammer can either build a house or tear it down.” I’ve heard this idiom, or some derivative of it many times when people talk about...
Shea SwaugerJun 7, 20207 min readTaking Back the Narrative of Ed TechI remember reading the subject line in my inbox ‘Request for retraction: "Our Bodies Encoded"’ and slowly blowing out air between my...