This was a draft post from three years ago. I had been asked to join yet another honor society and did not want to, I don’t have that kind of disposable income and if I did I would donate it elsewhere. But the chapter really wanted more people, needed me it said, and I was … More Dreams
Drop as much teaching and service as possible. Write down a list of all papers you have in the works with your students, and write a revised, accelerated timeline for the submission of each. Meet with students at least once about each of those papers in the coming two weeks. Write down a list of all proposals … More Pour faire
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I should have read, and should still read, Alberto Flores Galindo, Utopía en los Andes and Buscando un Inca. I was reminded of these reading an old review essay on views and representations of the Andean past and future. These things are important and I need to get cracking. I do not like working in … More Books I should have read: Alberto Flores Galindo
“The report acknowledges the intrinsic value of language study but also argues for the necessity of thinking more about instrumental applications of language.” Should we invite one of these consultants or are they wolves in sheep’s clothing? Axé.
I had to write a professional blurb about myself and I wrote: I teach primarily X but have also taught Y, and I publish primarily on A but have also worked on B. This was ostensibly because the blurb was written in connection with a proposal on Y and B, not X and A (which … More On self-presentation and gender
I have so many words written, and so many intuitions, and so much research done, and so much left to do. But getting a certain piece of writing done is essential, because it will allow me to work out a key idea. I am writing this abstract so that I can then write the paper … More The abstract
Others have written shadow resumés of failures, but mine is of roads not taken. In the years in which I was realizing what my real interests were, I had these intuitions: 24-25. Realize I wanted a B.S. in Economics, and to go from there. (What I could have done, with my M.A. and partial Ph.D. … More My shadow resumé
I was negotiating something for us with another university and the administrator on the other end said, “I can see that you are doing the job of ten people.” They saw it that quickly. I need higher student evaluations and more publications but I am doing the job of ten people. They saw it that … More Ten people
