Category: Academic Life
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After our commencement exercises yesterday, my 27th year at the College of Staten Island is over; as of June 30, my 14th and final year as department chair will be over as well. (Although my able successor officially takes over on July 1, I will continue as summer department chair until the fall semester begins…
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I'm writing this on a Monday, and the fall semester begins on Thursday, so I'm sure I'll get all my writing goals for the summer done by then. Ha. I wanted to check in before school starts, although I don't have much specific to report. Nothing was finished this summer, though progress was made on…
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I'm feeling rather ambivalent about my life these days (see here) — which is not unusual for me the last ten years or so, but still. I have, however, come to some realizations of late that may suggest a corner is about to be turned. We'll get to that in due time… in the meantime,…
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My ASSA experience this year in Chicago was less hectic but no less enjoyable than conferences past, this one more focused on reconnecting with distant friends and colleagues and re-establishing ties than hearing or presenting research. I did not present a paper this year, and I went to fewer sessions than usual, but I still…
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Another ASSA conference come and gone, this one in San Francisco. Very busy but the most enjoyable ASSA meeting I can remember. Why? Let's see. It certainly wasn't due to travel: even though I was on direct flight, flying between Newark to San Francisco is never fun, and I'm sorry, San Francisco, but BART makes…
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My friend Terry Clague at Routledge recently contributed a fantastic blog post to LSE’s The Impact Blog on the value of edited books. In his post he also points to a post at Pat Thomson’s excellent blog patter, where she discusses several good reasons for academics to edit books. Since I’ve edited my share of…
Mark D. White 