I'm excited to be attending the HASTAC Conference for the first time in a few weeks, but I'm most excited for the alt-ac workshop that is being organized by Fiona Barnett and Korey Jackson. Fiona has written a blog post explaining the format for the workshop, which is not only free (!!) but comes with … Continue reading HASTAC Workshop on Alt-Ac
Category: Graduate School
Announcing #alt-ac: Playing on Both Teams, Winning on One
I'm tremendously excited to announce the release of #alt-academy, spearheaded by Bethany Nowviskie and involving 32 initial contributors, including myself. Built in the MediaCommons framework, you are welcome to not only read the essays in the collection, but also respond to the authors' essays. What's more, the collection will grow in the future and the … Continue reading Announcing #alt-ac: Playing on Both Teams, Winning on One
Culinary School vs. Graduate School
I listen to NPR most days as I commute, and I found yesterday's story about the difficult job prospects and debt facing culinary school graduates very familiar. The similarity between the circumstances of those training to be chefs and those training to be faculty members was so striking that I couldn't resist writing NPR and … Continue reading Culinary School vs. Graduate School