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How to be a public academic
I woke up this morning to frost on the roof (which may be typical in late December where you live, but not in Tampa), picked up the paper, said good morning to my spouse, saw my son was up though it's vacation, and then trimmed my beard and hair.* I must have been working very […]
Don’t worry
Despite news of academics making forays into stand-up comedy, I’m keeping my day job. My students generally say that my lame attempts at jokes are just punishing.
Andy Beveridge’s gift to you this month
Hop on over to the New York Times's Mapping America tool for exploring census-tract estimates of key demographic variables from the American Community Survey (2005-2009 five-year estimates). Almost a decade ago, the Census Bureau started the American Community Survey as a replacement for the decennial census's long form (along with other goals), so no one […]
Fall 2010 undergraduate history of education take-home essay questions
This semester I split my final exam for the undergraduate history of education class, with an in-class (relatively short) part and then a choice of three essay questions that my students had 60 hours to respond to (after picking one). I am now reading their essays, and if you want to try your hand, feel […]
Two program notes
By Sherman Dorn on December 2, 2010
It's the tail end of the semester, which means I have to fight off a horrid case of Shiny Bright Object Syndrome. I need to remind myself that the reason why I have an almost-irresistible urge to blog on a number of topics, read great books, attempt the Bartok or Penderecki viola concertos,* and try […]
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