It is rude to tweet during my conference presentation. I don’t want my ideas stolen before I have a chance to publish them. It happened to my friend/cousin/colleague. Building your brand as a “hip” digital scholar by tweeting the work of others is selfish. People behave badly in conference backchannels. Rules should be established toRead More “An Idea is a Dangerous Thing to Quarantine #twittergate”
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Being Prodigious Is For White Men: The Productivity Penalty
I have likely been writing this post my entire life. Recently, a friend was excited to complete a very complex, important project ahead of time and on budget. She presented said project to her superiors and was crushed when they not only failed to recognize the minor miracle she had pulled off but when theyRead More “Being Prodigious Is For White Men: The Productivity Penalty”
Conferences, Cuts, Honors and Reflection On My Voice
The past two weeks have been dominated by higher education cuts, conferences, writing, and massive reading. In short, I’ve been busy being a graduate student in the U.S. As Emory University continues to navigate the aftershock of deep cuts to liberal arts programs at the undergraduate and graduate level, my intellectual home feels like momRead More “Conferences, Cuts, Honors and Reflection On My Voice”
Emory U Joins Coursera & I’m A Debbie Downer
Today, Emory University joined about a 100 other universities in partnership with Coursera. It was probably pretty poor timing for Emory, though. Just this week the administration announced that they are cutting undergraduate and graduate programs in education, Spanish, Russian, visual arts, educational studies, and interdisciplinary liberal arts. Some of those will be restructured. MostRead More “Emory U Joins Coursera & I’m A Debbie Downer”
Emory University Students Plan Meeting to Discuss Program Cuts: Details
Per a notice from Facebook please note the following is happening Monday, Sept 17th at Noon in the Quad at Emory University: Discussion of LGS decisions Public Event · By Luke Donahue Monday 12:00pm Dear all: there will be a meeting on the quad at noon on Monday to mobilize andRead More “Emory University Students Plan Meeting to Discuss Program Cuts: Details”
Emory University’s Program Cuts Get Ahead of The Curve
I had a plan for the next blog post which rarely happens. I’m a one-and-done kinda girl on this space. I write it when I write it and I move on. I rarely plan or edit, which is likely obvious but whatever. But this week a minor kerfuffle at law school blog Above the LawRead More “Emory University’s Program Cuts Get Ahead of The Curve”
Do School Vouchers Impact Outcomes for African American Students? Not So Fast.
I had the good fortune to be in the right place at the right time when Sara Goldrick-Rab, Sociologist and UW-Madison professor, took her first look at a provocative Brookings report on school vouchers. The study concluded that an experiment conducted among participants in the New York School Choice Scholarships Foundation Program had no overallRead More “Do School Vouchers Impact Outcomes for African American Students? Not So Fast.”
Reckless Theorizing Without A Net: Women, Blogging, and Power
Two things prompted the rampant display of theorizing you’re about to see unfold in real time. One was a chance conversation with a group of powerful, accomplished women academics. The second was an article that came across my twitter feed about women bloggers. The conversation with the women academics was not too uncommon for meRead More “Reckless Theorizing Without A Net: Women, Blogging, and Power”
Sociology and the “Queen of Versailles”
I am a bit of a documentary film fan. It’s a recent development so don’t ask me my feelings on “Paris is Burning” or “Tongues United”. I tend to start at “Hoop Dreams” and “Roger & Me” and work my way forward. It took 45 seconds of the “Queen of Versailles” trailer for me toRead More “Sociology and the “Queen of Versailles””