Reading List

During graduate school, I picked up a reading habit, and began tracking my reading to feel some academic progress (...thesis writing can feel excruciatingly stagnant). This helped me explore my interests and prepare for a career in college teaching. Now, I maintain this reading list to model what life-long learning might look like for you all!

For some transparency: when I was a college student, I never imagined that I'd be the type to read "for fun", and I was honestly intimidated whenever I heard that someone was reading multiple books per year (or per month!?) on top of their responsibilities like work, school, and family. Where did they find the time?

Well, seriously, I still haven't exactly figured out their secret. However, I can tell you mine: I give most of my books a first pass in audio form, usually during otherwise "wasted" time like lifting, commuting, cooking, cleaning, or dog walking. Don't worry, I'm not some robot who doesn't listen to music or stop and smell the roses with my headphones off: I do it all, depending on my mood and goals. I am a huge believer in trusting my own pace of productivity and "following my nose" in terms of the directions I want to develop toward. I encourage you to get creative about when and what you want to read! 

I love using the phone app Libby to find audiobooks for free (legally!) — you can rent out audiobooks by connecting to your local library. If I like a book enough, I might try to acquire a physical or ebook copy to annotate so that I can better absorb the author's ideas.

So, my reading list is down below. I have sorted the texts loosely by broad subjects for your convenience. Some books are dated for my own personal bookkeeping, while others were (re)read at some point or over many occasional spurts. If you've stumbled onto this page and want to talk about any of these books, I'd love to chat!