Jeffrey L. Seglin

A note from a college student we're calling Toby arrived recently. It came shortly after the spring semester began and Toby mentioned that he always enjoys this time of the...

By now, it's very likely you've seen the viral video. It features a passenger in a non-reclining seat at the back of an airplane repeatedly punching the seat of the...

You might remember Lucinda, the licensed mental health-care professional, who sent in a question a little over a year ago about the appropriateness of speakers at professional seminars claiming to...

As my senior project at Bethany College, I took the advice of John Taylor, an English professor who fancied himself a curmudgeon but was among the kindest and most supportive...

For the past several years, Eight Cousins, the independent bookstore in Falmouth, Massachusetts, has erected an artificial Christmas tree near its front register and decorated it with paper ornaments featuring...

A new employee just began working with a reader we're calling Mary Beth. So far, writes Mary Beth, they've hit it off quite well. Mary Beth has been asked to...

"My boss doesn't like to be surprised," writes a reader we're calling Ken. But he's undecided if he should give the boss a heads-up about a colleague who might approach...

While what happens in Vegas doesn't always stay in Vegas, in spite of creative marketing, typically what happens academically between college students and their instructors is or should be. There...

It was a full day of holiday preparation for a reader we're calling Frances. After rising at 7 a.m., making coffee and reading the morning newspaper, she was off to...

When students register for a writing class I teach, I typically set up a Google alert for their name. I'm not trying to be alerted to any misdeeds or glories;...