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Professor Jennifer Hurley

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Professor Jennifer Hurley

Sep 6, 2025

Teachers, Don’t Let Them Turn You Into Gatekeepers

by Jen Hurley

Teachers, Don’t Let Them Turn You Into Gatekeepers

Professor Jennifer Hurley

Oct 20, 2024

I Met My Best Students in Jail

I’ve been wanting to write about what it’s like to teach college English to students in jail, but I’m worried that my writing skills are…

Professor Jennifer Hurley

Oct 5, 2024

Why I Despise Student Learning Outcomes

by Jen Hurley

Professor Jennifer Hurley

Sep 26, 2024

Seeing and Being Seen

In my autobiography writing class at the Elmwood Jail this morning, I showed my students online pictures of the room where Anne Frank had…

Professor Jennifer Hurley

Nov 10, 2023

Teachers, You Are Enough

For years — decades, really — I’ve been wondering why teaching makes me feel exhausted and utterly depleted, even on a good day. I’ve been…

Professor Jennifer Hurley

Jan 13, 2023

A Teacher’s Spiritual Crisis

The paradox of my life as a teacher is that I feel this work is killing me, yet I also love this work obsessively, with a kind of madness…

Ed-Tech Talks

Professor Jennifer Hurley

Aug 22, 2022

What We Lose When We Move Education Online

I just finished my fourth online class in a graduate TESOL program, and I’m left feeling empty. It was clear that the courses were…

Professor Jennifer Hurley

May 18, 2022

The Online Universe Is Killing Our Students

AS A LONGTIME community college teacher, I have hosted a lot of end-of-the-semester parties that you probably wouldn’t want to attend…

Professor Jennifer Hurley

Mar 15, 2022

Guest Post by Basil Rana:

The Truth Behind Perfect Freedom

Ed-Tech Talks

Professor Jennifer Hurley

Mar 11, 2022

Teachers, Don’t Let Them Turn You Into Gatekeepers

by Jen Hurley

I Met My Best Students in Jail

I’ve been wanting to write about what it’s like to teach college English to students in jail, but I’m worried that my writing skills are…

Why I Despise Student Learning Outcomes

by Jen Hurley

Seeing and Being Seen

In my autobiography writing class at the Elmwood Jail this morning, I showed my students online pictures of the room where Anne Frank had…

Teachers, You Are Enough

For years — decades, really — I’ve been wondering why teaching makes me feel exhausted and utterly depleted, even on a good day. I’ve been…

A Teacher’s Spiritual Crisis

The paradox of my life as a teacher is that I feel this work is killing me, yet I also love this work obsessively, with a kind of madness…

What We Lose When We Move Education Online

I just finished my fourth online class in a graduate TESOL program, and I’m left feeling empty. It was clear that the courses were…

The Online Universe Is Killing Our Students

AS A LONGTIME community college teacher, I have hosted a lot of end-of-the-semester parties that you probably wouldn’t want to attend…

Guest Post by Basil Rana:

The Truth Behind Perfect Freedom

A Set of Values for Education

So much of what we call education is small minded. Even something seemingly large, such as a student learning outcome, reduces a layered…

Professor Jennifer Hurley