I spent last week in sunny Lancaster, PA at the Society for the Study of Affect’s first ever Summer School.  Michael Richardson  (I admire his work so much!) and I co-taught a seminar on the theme “Affect // Violence // Mediation” with two groups of incredibly smart, generous, and #SSASSy participants.  I also facilitated two roundtable discussions on “Living an Academic Life” – just so grateful to everyone who shared their perspectives, struggles, accomplishments, and ideas for how to find, enter, or create compassionate intellectual spaces.