Monthly Archives: August, 2012
Bury Your Writing -- Why Do Academic Book Chapters Fail to Generate Citations?
Reblogged from The Scholarly Kitchen: I recently wrote a chapter for an upcoming book about academic and professional publishing. I’ve also written chapters in the past for other academic books … Continue reading
A Note About Statistical Significance
Before your eyes glaze over (or you sharpen your claws, depending on your orientation towards such things) I’ll ask you a little indulgence. Several incidents employing statistical methods have happened … Continue reading
Blog Migration: The Public Shaming of Shirley Sherrod
Note: This is one of those old posts that is getting new life thanks to public events. If you haven’t read Ta’heisi Coates’ “Fear of A Black President” by now … Continue reading
For-Profit or Trad? How Do You Know And Why You Should Ask: College App Edition
My friend Akil Bello owns a professional admissions test prep company, the delightfully ironically named Bell Curves. Knowing my work, Akil was kind enough to ask me to offer some … Continue reading
Academic Arrogance
Reblogged from The Thesis Whisperer: For years and years I taught 3D computer modelling and animation to architects and interior designers. As you probably know, when you have been teaching … Continue reading
Different Bodies & Different Lives In Academia: Why The Rules Aren’t The Same For Everyone
Part of professionalization in academia involves learning the unpublished rules of how to act, engage, and be an academic. Almost all of us, at some point of our training, is … Continue reading
For-profits for the common good? A Tierney mash-up
As I said in an earlier post about William Tierney’s HuffPo article on for-profits, I respect Bill a great deal. However, with today’s memo on Inside Higher Education about the … Continue reading
Respectfully Disagreeing: My Latest on HuffPo
William Tierney is president of AERA, an organization that was my first professional academic home. I respect Bill’s work a great deal. However, his article in HuffingtonPost today and for-profits … Continue reading
P.R.E.A.M.: Page Views Rule Everything Around Me; New Media, Old Tricks
My friend and colleague in the struggle, T.F. Charlton, has been hot on the trail of biased media narrative that emerged from mass media’s coverage of the Olympics. At the … Continue reading
Welcome to Club 54: Reflections on Getting It On While Getting On
Reblogged from Dr. Guy's MusiQologY: Lately I’m experiencing a lot of great energy from many directions although sometimes peppered with “processing thoughts” about getting older and becoming a “man of … Continue reading
