Right behind me, on the floor before my biggest bookcase, rests my tenure and promotion dossier. I had to specially order the 5-inch binder that now serves as the repository for my work of the last three years, and all the perfunctory paperwork barely fits inside. To the left, in a separate pile, is a [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Thirteen Ways of Looking
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Advice for Young Faculty (Part III)
Posted in Uncategorized on July 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I had plans, people–big, crazy plans. But then I got two notes from readers that prompted me to scrap them. One is in the midst of prepping her annual report, a task I’m in the middle of myself, and another inquired about the approach to renewing the job search on the sly from a new [...]
Fifteen Rounds
Posted in Uncategorized on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ah, the magic that is summer. When else can one lose two weeks and come away feeling as though such an outcome is somehow acceptable?
Sorry for the short hiatus, as always. I’m in the process of a) assembling and revising the verse collection and b) finalizing the portfolio that will hopefully earn me early tenure [...]
Advice to Young Faculty (Part II)
Posted in Uncategorized on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ll jump right in today, as revisions await. I will note, however, that these recommendations arise from fresh starts of my own as well as some advice offered by peeps and persons of interest. That makes them no more authoritative, of course, but I hope a bit less parochial.
1. Cultivate space. The two tenure-track positions [...]
Excruciations
Posted in Uncategorized on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Is it wrong that “excruciation” is one of my favorite words? All matters of meaning aside, I just like the turn of the scroosh.
Speaking of excruciation, however, this has been a brutal week. I spent most of the weekend brooding, mulling over matters I have tabled for far too long, and Monday was spent trying [...]
