#mkandja I am happy to announce that Erin M. Goss's edited collection, Jane Austen and Comedy, has been published by Bucknell UP (in conjunction with Rutgers UP). I contributed an essay to this collection, and writing this paper was so much fun. Why? Two reasons: 1) an essay on Austen is almost always fun, and…Read more Jane Austen and Comedy

#whatprofessorswear It's April, so I shouldn't be blogging about winter, right? Well, it snowed at least 5 inches yesterday, and the forecast calls for another 5 inches tonight. This inspires me to go back to some pictures from my winter wardrobe, which I guess I can't put away yet, and blog. Winter is a time…Read more WPW: Winter Bling

Image from Us Weekly's 2017 article on Betsey Johnson. #whatprofessorswear While Michael Kors is my designer--he brands all of his purses, clothes, shoes, and more with my initials--there is another designer I love: Betsey Johnson. Michael Kors is like my Jekyl. Betsey Johnson is my Hyde. Kors is all about logic and practicality. Johnson is…Read more WPW: Pick Your Designers

#whatprofessorswear After I finished up my medical leave in December, I began teaching again in late January. I started the semester with a little bit of hair, and it was gray. Um, no. So I wore a hat. See that I am wearing the same outfit to prove that I looked much better with the…Read more WPW: Hair

Shocked, I know. The hiatus is over. What Professors Wear (WPW) is back! I had to take a break from the blog for a few reasons: 1) health, 2) health, and 3 health. 😀 While I wasn't blogging for the last two months, I was taking selfies and pictures of my clothes so that when…Read more What Professors Wear is Back

I am merging my two blogs: MK and JA and What Professors Wear. For a few years I have been maintaining a Wix site for What Professors Wear at http://mistykrueger.wixsite.com/whatprofessorswear, but I have decided to begin blogging here on my WordPress site. If you have subscribed to my MK and JA blog and only want…Read more Merging My Blogs

Hey, there, Jane Austen, you clever, well-informed person whom I imagine had a great deal of conversation! You're the focus of two weeks worth of New Commons Project programming at my university, UMF. Specifically, your novel, Persuasion, has been chosen as the subject of our examination. UMF faculty, staff, and students + the Farmington community…Read more Austen, Persuasion, and UMF’s New Commons Project