Welcome to Jackie’s Journal. If you’ve stumbled upon this site by accident (or not), please check out my About page, where I explained what this site is all about. Join me on this wild adventure called working in higher education. Continue reading

When I started my position in December 2025, Jenny* had been working in my department for over two years. When she started her position, she was an eighteen-year-old straight out of high school. It was a rocky first year, both… Continue reading