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Birthday: August 15
Gender: Female
Religion: Christian/Protestant
Location:
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio
United States
School:
Bowling Green State University (PhD, Rhetoric and Writing, 2004): Nazareth College of Kalamazoo (M.Ed in secondary education and writing, 1988)
California State University, Fullerton (BA in English, 1979)
Fullerton Junior College: Adams State College: Grand Rapids Community College
Work:
Instructor of writing and women's studies, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 2001-present
Owens Community College, Findlay, OH, 2000-2001
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, 1990-2000
North Kent Community Education, Grand Rapids, MI, 1993-1994
South Kent Community Education, Cutlerville, MI, 1992-1993
Tri-County Community Education, Sand Lake and Howard City, MI, 1988-1992
Hometown(s):
Galion, OH (birthplace)
Mansfield, OH
Youngstown, OH
Dayton, OH
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Anaheim, CA
Orange, CA
Fullerton, CA
Monte Vista, CO
Pasadena, CA
Downey, CA
Grand Rapids, MI
Bowling Green, OH
Home is where the heart is.
My Websites:
www.mahaffc.with.bgsu.edu
http://www.womenwriters.net/summer05/scholarly/mahaffey_meade.htm
http://groups.msn.com/CynthiaMahaffeysProjects
Quote:
"When I dare to be powerful--to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid." -- Audre Lorde, 1934-1992
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Welcome to my journal, Sappho Galaxy!

  I am enjoying this new feature of AARP. org--at least new to me.  I hope you all will share your thoughts about life, teaching, learning, tattoos, NPR, reading, children and grandchildren, pets, cooking and whatever else fascinates you.

I am an alomost 56 year old out lesbian professor at a big public university and lvoe my work. This is eyar 21 for me in college teaching and I also taught 6 years in alternative high schools.  I teach mostly first year students every eyar and really find them wodnerful--fuill of big dreams, cocky, unsure, sweet, mean, handsome, not so handsome, kind, hard-working.  Too many our age see only the negative about this generation.  Talk to some before you sell them short.

Let's have,as the Robert Randolph Family Band says, "More love," in this hard old world.

 

Namaste,

Indigogirl 17

 
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mahaffc
mahaffc says:
Thank you, Pippop! I am realizing, now that my son is nearly grown, that a whole new life awaits me and am trying to make as much of that opportunity as I can. Have you read thew latest AARP magazine column on "What I've learned since turning 50." The writer says some very good things, but what really struck me was that she is "no longer willing to listen to bulls#$%." I had to laugh because I have such a low tolerance to it, especially hard since I work in academia:)!

I look forward to your thoughts in the coming days! By the try, I tried oyur link and it would not load for me. Could be my wireless connection.

Namaste!
Posted: July 5, 2008 7:55PM EDT
pippop120
pippop120 says:
Your first journal entry makes me want to read some more. You sound like you have considerable energy, so I'm looking forward to more entries!
Posted: July 5, 2008 7:27PM EDT
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