How much is what you study related to your background or personal experiences? I know all of our research is personally important, but do you study teen pregnancy because you were the product of one? Goffman and The Asylum notwithstanding, one of the reasons juvenile delinquency has never been a large focus of mine is [...]
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Personal-Professional Research Agendas
Posted in on the tenure track, research, sociology on February 3, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Big Week=No Blogging/TV/Pleasure Reading/Speaking to Family/Scrapbooking(jk!)/etc, etc, etc
Posted in on the tenure track on November 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In the next 7 days, I will:
See Beck, live
Fly to a midwestern city that i am not at all excited about visiting
See my mother for a total of 6 hours, though she will be at my house for 6 days
Give 3 presentations and chair 2 panels
Be asked to leave the room while my colleagues talk [...]
Negotiation Revisited
Posted in job market, on the tenure track on September 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I did my panel on job market negotiation* last week and happily found that much of what I had written in my previous post was reiterated by others. In addition to me, the panel included another junior faculty member, chairs of physical sciences and english departments, and deans from a community college, a state teaching-centered [...]
Job Market Negotiation
Posted in job market, on the tenure track on August 25, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I’m on a panel next week on negotiations for the academic job market. As usual, it’s isn’t terribly clear to me why I was asked but I agreed because I like to be helpful… Here is what I think I will say, comments from others are much appreciated.
Is the offer fair? Before you think about [...]
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 [...]
Are grad students white-collar workers in training or babysitters?
Posted in adventures with child, grad students, on the tenure track on July 10, 2008 | 11 Comments »
I won’t bore you with the details of my recent move except to say… worst move ever! It involved movers who were 10 hours late, a child who had to sleep on the floor, a welcome-to-home-ownership visit from a plumber, and multiple floods (from TWO separate sources!). Remember when moving was a half day affair [...]
Las Vegas Debriefing
Posted in on the tenure track, pop culture, research, sociology, travel on June 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After a week off from blogging, I have nothing of consequence to say (not that I ever did, but I used to hide it better). Other bloggers are in Paris, NYC, Malawi, to name a few. NSP chose to go to Vegas on my off week — this will be no surprise to those who [...]
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 [...]
And… burnout.
Posted in on the tenure track on May 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I am officially burnt out. Problem is, I’ve got a few weeks to go until teaching duties cease for a few months. Expect nothing interesting on the blog until the academic year ends. I will be counting the days. Then I will be going to Vegas.
Note to all the killjoys — this post does not reflect your [...]
I’ve discovered something worse than “the reviewers hated it…”
Posted in on the tenure track, research, writing on April 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I sent a paper out a few months ago, aimed silly-high, assumed it would get rejected, and went on about my business.
It did get rejected but the reviewers didn’t hate it. They bought the method, believed my results, but basically wanted the paper I’m currently working on. In summary, I sent the ‘here’s the effect’ [...]
