Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster
I’m so happy Leisa posted the link to this in her Twitter stream. I think I had heard of this project through the Open Society Institute, but never got a chance to read more or watch the student-produced videos until now. The Katrina Media Fellows’ mission is stated as follows: Through stories and images, the [...]
Berkman@10
I really wish I had the time to get up to Harvard for “The Future of the Internet” conference May 15-16, 2008, but now that I’m 80 days away from my anticipated defense date, I have to focus on things like producing pages, making edits, and figuring out where I’ll be living in July! The [...]
and the award goes to…
It’s that time of year again when the department gives out its Graduate Awards. I couldn’t be more honored! Now that I’m dissertating and have a job lined up, it kinda feels like senior year for me, and this tops it off quite nicely. Joseph Bentley Teaching Fellowship: Taylor Joy Mitchell Estelle J. Zbar Award [...]
venting
and for once, it’s not me doing the venting! As a frequent visitor to the Academic Careers Comp/Rhet wiki, I noticed a week or so ago when all of its content disappeared. I mostly referred to this site before and just after MLA to see who had scheduled interviews and campus visits. Once I got [...]
Twitter tweets
I just noticed that my category for Twitter bookmarks in del.icio.us has grown to nearly surpass my teaching and dissertation tags, and I only started with Twitter in January! The buzz on the NOLA blogger listserv is to get more locals tweeting, and this video offers a nice primer. I wish this had come out [...]
I survived Job Search 2007-2008!
As soon as I get the contract in the mail, it will be both the end of a trying time and the beginning of a wonderful adventure! Ever since Andy and I returned from eloping last August, it’s been nothing but stress related to establishing FL residency status in order to save my tuition waiver, [...]
academic zodiac
I think I’m a much nicer person than this Chronicle Careers essay describes; still, it is accurate in many ways, namely the organizing and my academic future in rhetoric and composition Virgo: (August 22-September 23) You are probably a disagreeable person who likes to find minor things wrong with other people’s work or ideas, while [...]
fleur de lis fashions
Ever since Katrina hit, the fleur de lis has become a symbol of rebirth in NOLA and you can see them everywhere. In my previous blog post about the Katrina Warriors, I included their symbol which, in case you couldn’t figure it out, is a fleur de lis/heart/vagina hybrid created in time for the 10th [...]