Next week I report to work at the last job for which I will ever apply, in academe or out of it.  I have been hired as a full-time professor of history at Collin College.  I will be teaching a five/five load – between 150 and 175 students per semester – including a couple of sections of dual credit history at a local high school in Allen, Texas. I am beyond thrilled. See, teaching at a community college – specifically, at this community college, which is a twenty-minute drive from my home – is why I went to grad school Read more