I attended an excellent mini-conference/workshop last year. It got me thinking about my #1 rule for presentations, however == the talk is an advertisement for the paper, not the paper itself.
Though the conference emphasized quantitative methods and all talks devoted significant time to discussions of method, selection bias, causality, and the like, not all of [...]
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More Equations=Less Substantive Meaning?
Posted in conferences, research on June 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Time is short…
Posted in conferences on November 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve shaken off my conference fatigue, though it took longer this time around. ASC was a blast and my snarky comment about St. Louis was ill-informed. St. Louis was cool — my favorite night out was when the criminologists took over a little blues club called BBs. A rocking good time was had by all. [...]
Networking and Minority Scholars
Posted in conferences, crime, race on August 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There is an interesting discussion unfolding on The General Blog of Crime regarding minority scholars. The American Society of Criminology lists a directory of minority scholars on its main web page. The list, *I think*, is meant to recognize the achievements of minority scholars, allow media to easily find minority scholars to comment on crime [...]
New Professors Unite! (With or without ribbons)
Posted in blogging, conferences, on the tenure track, sociology, travel on July 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A few months back, RFN and I discussed the possibility of a gathering of new sociology professors at the ASA meetings. A number of you expressed interest (and inquired about our definition of ‘new’ — if you feel new, you are new). Dave and I have talked and find our dance cards are full for [...]
Some Thoughts on the Academic Job Market as ASA Approaches…
Posted in conferences, job market, on the tenure track on June 5, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I keep getting asked by assorted people about the academic job market — when to go, how to do it, is my cv ready, etc. It’s not at all clear why people are asking me. I did the test-run year, applied to about 6 places that varied widely in terms of rankings and assumed I’d end [...]
An obvious observation…
Posted in conferences on May 6, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I went to a conference-like gathering a few weeks ago. The lunch reminded me of those ASA receptions where you wander around, not quite sure who to talk to, and wander out a bit later to go drinking with your buddies (wondering why you spent $1000 on the airfare and hotel when you could have [...]
New Profs Gathering at ASA?
Posted in conferences on March 10, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Radio Free Newport and I have been discussing a new soc prof gathering at ASA… I just read the last sentence and think I should clarify…Not a “fans of new soc prof’s blog” gathering (because my Mom would be the only one to attend and even she would think it was lame), but a gathering of [...]
