PAUL KETZLE

All my pursuits—literary, academic, pedagogical—intersect with ideas about identity and the pursuit of a just society. I’ve been teaching in the Honors College for 20 years, and the big reason I’m still here is because of the students. Teaching is endlessly challenging but also endlessly rewarding. There is an incredible power in collaboration—both with writing and discussion—and I use both extensively in my classes. We all succeed when we are a vibrant community exchanging ideas and challenging each other to be our best. In all my classes, we grapple with important questions: about ourselves, our histories, and the world in which we live.