Published Works
Book Chapter
October 2020 / Flip the System US: How Teachers Can Transform Education and Save Democracy / “Impact of Trauma on our Youth” (co-written with Beth Davey)
Articles
February 17, 2022 / Education Post / 1984 Is Not Just a Dystopian Novel Anymore
November 23, 2021 / Education Post / How Enacting Equity Can Decrease Holiday Trauma
November 16, 2020 / Blog / Advocacy into Action
July 15, 2020 / The Progressive / The Only Safe Option for Students and Educators is Virtual Learning
June 17, 2020 / The Progressive / Educators as Intersectional Equity Advocates
March 13, 2020 / Blog / An Ally’s Guide to Supporting Advocacy
January 20, 2020 / The Independent / I’m the ‘teacher of the year’ who took a knee at the football game attended by Trump. This is why I did it
August 23, 2019 / Education Post / Why We Need LGBTQ+ Curricula
June 25, 2019 / Minnesota Women’s Press / Transforming Hearts (Including My Own)
June 7, 2019 / NEA Today / Bruised Apples: Why LGBTQ Educators Need Allies, Too
May 22, 2019 / AFT Voices / Stand Up and Teach
June 4, 1998 / Icon Newspaper (retyped in blog) / Why we get a whole month
Creative Nonfiction
November 23, 2021 / Blog / “The Great Pumpkin [Will Arrive Any Day Now]”
October 10, 2020 / Blog / “[What’s in] A Name”
October 10, 2020 / Blog / “Pretty”
October 10, 2020 / Blog / “Dollhouse”
May 19, 2020 / Blog / “Raised by The Muppets”
Poetry
December 2, 2021 / Blog / “Waiting for MY Great Pumpkin to Arrive”
September 17, 2021 / Blog / “Structure” and “Moving On”
March 20, 2021 / Blog / “Scapegoating to Thriving”
October 9, 2020 / Blog / “Strings,” “Lever,” “Words,” “Twisted,” & “Time Machine”
Fiction
Theatrical Monologue
January 2014 / Naked I: Insides Out / “A Butch’s Guide to Excavating Femininity”