Janni Aragon

Janni Aragon is originally from California and currently writes from Victoria, British Columbia, in Canada.

Janni is a Senior Instructor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria (UVIC). She is a regular contributor at University of Venus and her areas of interest are varied: Gender and Politics, Women and Technology, American Politics, Feminist Theories, Youth Politics, and Popular Culture. Janni takes an Intersectional Approach to her teaching, research, and feminisms. Currently she is working on a co-edited Introduction to Women’s Studies textbook and she blogs at http://janniaragon.wordpress.com

Janni is the Chair of the Academic Women's Caucus at UVIC and is excited to lead projects during the next two years, as well as work as an advocate for women faculty and librarians on campus. Janni is an enthusiastic advocate for mentoring and views her role as Undergraduate Advisor in the Political Science Department as an opportunity to mentor students.

In her free time, she spends time with her partner, Jason, and their two daughters. She jokes that they are a NAFTA family combining family traditions from the US, Mexico, and Canada. She also is happy to live in "Techtoria"--one of the most connected social media cities in Canada. You can find Janni on Twitter via @janniaragon, Facebook and Google Plus as Janni Aragon, or via email at jaragon@uvic.ca.

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Most Recent Articles

May 3, 2013
Leaning In: Against the Haterade
Considering Sheryl Sandberg's ideas....
March 3, 2013
Re-evaluating My Relationship With Student Evaluations
Most universities use student evaluation forms as a means of measuring student satisfaction and teaching effectiveness of the instructors. What many do not know is that most instructors have a like and dislike relationship with the official student evaluations. For contingent faculty, the evaluations are crucial to keeping their jobs.
January 18, 2013
Honesty As a Resolution
I was chatting with a friend and she asked what my New Year’s Resolution was. I paused and thought about how I do not really believe in these sorts of things, but then realized that my resolutions are formed in late August or September, prior to a new school term starting. Last year my resolution was to continue to make mentoring my mandate. This school year my resolution was for honesty.
October 25, 2012
Managing Your Time Effectively
We all have our tricks with time management. Some are effective and others have the appearance of helping you manage your time, but might just make you think that you're organized. I don't have any easy answers, but I will share how I manage my time effectively. I first have to thank a colleague for insisting that I establish boundaries for getting work done. About four years ago, Dr. Matt James politely encouraged me to shut my door.
August 30, 2012
Watching "Girls": On HBO and On Campus
As a feminist educator, my academic and political training influences my popular culture consumption and my assessment of what I have consumed. “Girls,” a dramedy written and directed by Lena Dunham, who also stars in the HBO cable television series, is no different than any other popular culture artifact in that I do not have the ability to turn off my feminist educator lens.
July 4, 2012
Mentoring and Coaching Reflections
Earlier this school year I wrote about mentoring as part of my mandate for the year, and now that my school year is ending I have time to reflect on how this worked for me and my students. I work with lots of students. In previous years the number was close to 1200 students per year. This last year, I had a teaching release and taught more than 900 students. I am also an Undergraduate Advisor, which means that students can potentially get lots of face time with me.
May 8, 2012
Emotional Labor
I sat on a pedagogy round-table at the International Studies Association in March, and one of the speakers referred to the high cost of emotional labor for the Women's Studies instructor. Many heads nodded around the room.
May 8, 2012
Emotional Labor
I sat on a pedagogy round-table at the International Studies Association in March, and one of the speakers referred to the high cost of emotional labor for the Women's Studies instructor. Many heads nodded around the room.
March 21, 2012
Do You Manage Technology or Does Technology Manage You?
I have prided myself on the early adoption of new technologies in my work and personal life. A good majority of my research has examined women and technology. From a practical point of view technology allows me to connect almost immediately with friends, colleagues, family, and students. This is a mixed blessing.  I know that we all lament how, thanks to email, we have expanded this notion of work and working hours. I thought about managing technology when I read Liana Silva's blog post about work and guilt. I looked in the mirror and thought that her thoughtful commentary was about me, too. Managing time and technology surely adds to the guilt discussion. Is technology making me a workaholic? I managing technology or is it managing me? Am I saving time by my use of my smart phone and my tablet?
January 10, 2012
Administration Ambitions
I have something to admit: I know that I eventually want to go into administration.

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