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For more than a decade, 57-year-old roofer and writer Joseph Jenkins has been advocating that we flush our toilets down the drain and put a bucket in the bathroom instead. When a bucket in one of his five bathrooms is full, he empties it in the compost pile...
“High seriousness is the enemy of intelligent thought,” says Robert Joseph “R. J.” Jenkins of his personal teaching philosophy. As the Head Teaching Fellow for the extremely popular English 154: “Literature and Sexuality,?...
Jenkins divides his time between serving as a TF, a tutor at Lowell House, the Director of Sophomore Advising, and a Ph.D. candidate. Studying primate biology as an undergraduate at Columbia University, Jenkins never expected to end up where he is today. But after contracting malaria during a research trip...
Making connections, especially with students, is one of Jenkins’ specialties. “My life is as ridiculous and full of foolishness as the lives of my students,” he explains. He recalls an incident last year when, late to class, he hastily hooked up his...
Chava E. Kenny ’12, a student in his English 154 section last year, explains, “R. J. can always make you laugh or smile.” Kenny acknowledges that Jenkins has had a significant impact on her academically. “He helps you...