This post is sparked by this article about unwritten dress codes in academia. The perspective is doubly foreign, in the literal geographic sense (it’s about Oxford) and in the disciplinary sense (it’s about science); it’s also more about women’s fashion than men’s. But it got me thinking about sartorial choices, and reminded my of the
Most of my posts have been about teaching, so I want to devote this post to writing and research. A VAP is hired to teach, and there’s no immediate pressure to keep up with one’s research. But of course that’s a short-term outlook, and it’s the scholarly work I do that’s more likely to determine
With the spring semester starting up, this has been a busy week for me and, I’m sure, for you. So I’ll make this post brief. Coming from a big Ph.D.-granting university, I got used to attending several talks a semester, whether at special events, from visiting scholars, or from professors or graduate students sharing their