Dennis G. Jerz

Associate Professor of English -- New Media Journalism at Seton Hill University, in southwestern Pennsylvania. Jerz's Literacy Weblog has been online since 1999.

Things Past #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 8) Odo confronts his reputation as a hero of the resistance

Rewatching ST:DS9 Sisko, Dax, Odo and Garak return from a conference on the Cardassian occupation of Bajor, where Garak got…

3 days ago

Why ABC settled a case they knew they would win — and why the Lincoln Project didn’t

Donald J. Trump sued ABC because a journalist truthfully described Trump on air as a convicted rapist. The legal definition…

3 days ago

Trials and Tribble-ations #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 6) Trivial Time Travel Tribble Tribute

Rewatching ST:DS9 Strait-laced time cops arrive on the station to demand "just the truth, Captain."  Sisko's voice-over informs us that…

3 days ago

The daughter missed her graduation ceremony because she was performing in Kinetic Theatre’s A Sherlock Carol.

The daughter missed her graduation ceremony because she was performing in Kinetic Theatre's A SHERLOCK CAROL. Thank you, David Whalen…

4 days ago

Couples in successful relationships always use these 6 phrases: ‘You’ll grow stronger both individually and as a unit,’ therapist says

"If you and your partner regularly use these phrases, it's a sign that you're already a mentally strong couple," (psychotherapist…

1 week ago

Students are trusting software like this to do their work.

  The technology will continue to improve so that that simulated gymnastics videos will look less and less bizarre, but…

1 week ago

Googling Is for Old People. That’s a Problem for Google.

When I ask my students to use the library database to find scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles, some students stick with…

4 weeks ago