Last year was my first year as a visiting assistant professor, and I kept up this blog project all year, posting nearly every week. The idea behind the project: getting a Ph.D. from a big research university doesn’t necessarily prepare you for life as a faculty member at a small liberal arts college. I thought
What do a jeweler’s shop, a southern liberal arts college, and Disney World have in common? English Romantic poets, of course. The 19th century was a long time ago, England is far away, and poetry isn’t as popular as Youtube. Teaching the Romantic poets — or just about any author or artist who doesn’t publish
This post is a continuation of my series of posts about Wikipedia. I began with a general overview, and then discussed the relationship between Wikipedia and “the expert.” Today I turn to a specific species of expert: academics. I’ll consider what academics have said about Wikipedia, survey a few books about the site, and then