Nada Djordjevich at The Joan Didion Power Hour in New York City

I am pleased to bring the gang back together again for a one-night show at The KGB Bar in New York City.   https://www.instagram.com/p/BgSHbSpHUHU/?taken-by=nadadjordjevich    

STEM Education Success Stories

via Supporting STEM Teacher Recruitment and Education: A Study of a Successful Program Conducted at The California State University East Bay

Joan Didion Power Hour at Litquake

I am thrilled to be one of the performers at this event: 7X7 Presents Joan Didion Power Hour at Litquake Literary Festival. Join 7x7 in this special Lit Crawl tribute to Joan Didion as five authors read stories from the fringes, fissures and evocative intersections of contemporary Californian culture in honor of the 50th Anniversary …

Spalding Gray: Impossible Vacation a Review by Nada Djordjevich

Okay, Impossible Vacation doesn't really work as a novel. It reads like one of Gray's monologues. And if you've heard Monster in a Box or Sex and Death at Age 14, then the protagonist, Brewster North, his mother, and his journey, will be familiar to you.

Supporting STEM Teacher Recruitment and Education: A Study of a Successful Program Conducted at The California State University East Bay

The pending teacher shortage crisis in both math and sciences is well-known, lesser known are the successes of institutions of higher education to address the need for STEM educators. In this report, Nada Djordjevich, Executive Director of Gibson and Associates, reviews some of the the efforts of California State University East Bay in addressing this problem and solving this crisis.

Fast Times at a Pennsylvania College: A Review of Richard Russo’s Comedic Novel, Straight Man

Straight Man by Richard Russo Fast Times at a Pennsylvania College Hank Devereaux, interim English department chair at a small, poorly funded Pennsylvania college, suffers from a case of "arrested adult development." He has destructive prankster tendencies, misgivings about his career, and is troubled by his relationship with his father, a well-known professor of trendy …

Wildflowers: An Appreciation of the Cosmos

When I moved to a house with a group of friends in Oakland, I planted cosmos and daisies.

A Story of Cycling: Alpine Dam, Marin County

A story of mistakes made and lessons learned during a day of cycling in Marin County, California.

Rogue River Cycling and Rafting

Cycling in Oregon, and a reflection on river rafting, leadership, and the joys of camp coffee.

And Don’t Forget to Pack Your Neuroses

Impossible Vacation by Spalding Gray My rating: 4 of 5 stars Okay, Impossible Vacation doesn't really work as a novel. It reads like one of Gray's monologues. And if you've heard Monster in a Box or Sex and Death at Age 14, then the protagonist, Brewster North, his mother, and his journey, will be familiar …