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Friends and Family Amidst the Rubble
I discuss my personal journey that has brought me both hardship and invaluable relationships. Overcoming trials including the loss of loved ones, I found support in friends and family from the academic world. Through continuous struggles, these connections provided comfort, laughter, and a sense of belonging, making them vital.
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There’s something about grief
Over the last 18 months or so, we have lived under what seems to be a collective blanket of grief. At minimum, we may grieve for the ability to move about the world freely as our pre-pandemic selves once did. For most of us, we grieve so much more: the loss of loved ones, of…
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To those who wish I’d post more cat pictures
I got your Facebook message in my inbox when I woke up this morning. You must know how I lose attention with long messages because it was just one line: “We really wish you would post more pictures of Jack.” I don’t know who “we” represents, but I do know why you sent the messages…
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Thinking about Erasure, Equity, and Math Education
I just finished watching the short film Muted on HBO. I highly recommend that you check it out. Spoiler alert… (well, not really) The film is about a Black girl who goes missing and her family’s efforts to find her including their interactions with police and the media who ignore their pleas for more attention…
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“Real” Research Questions
I haven’t written much here about my research work to date so maybe it’s time for that. Maybe it’s not. But either way, here goes… Often, I have the conversation with my students about research questions and real research questions. Most of us know what research questions are…they are what we write in the introduction…
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Psalm 15 Remixed
One useful approach to studying the Bible is to rewrite passages in ways that are meaningful to me. I find it really helpful. (I’m sure that my position as an educator warrants some more meaningful connection to learning theory here, but…it works for me.) In my study this morning, I decided to “remix” Psalm 15.…
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Thinking about collaboration #squad
Wanna be a successful academic? Build a squad.
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A Love Letter
Today marks 15 years since my grandfather’s death (I called him P-Pa). I’ve been thinking about him today and decided to share my love letter to him. Dear P-Pa, On March 4, 2001 I sat at your bedside and held your soft, warm hand as you transitioned from life into eternity. It was such a privilege to…
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Expensive Voices
I am sitting here reading Melissa Harris-Perry’s Email to Her #nerdland Staff and I applaud Dr. Harris-Perry for taking this stand. As I read through the letter, I thought about something I tweeted a few days ago… Lord, please grant me the wisdom to discern between good opportunities and God opportunities. #MyVoiceCosts — Dr. Erika Bullock…
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Not Always in My Favor But Always for My Good
Yesterday was one of “those days.” You know how it goes: a pretty good start to the day ruined by a particularly piercing rejection letter, followed by a barrage of emails from people demanding things of you that border on unreasonable and those who are making reasonable requests at the perfectly wrong time, capped off…
Erika C. Bullock, Ph.D. 