Day 3, Wednesday. Kids back to school, but buses running late so off to a late start today.7:00am: Wake up, coffee. Wait with son at bus stop until 7:45 (bus 30 minutes late)To 8:30am: Shower, dress, eat.To 9:00am: Check email, packTo 10:00am: Stop at dry cleaners, post office on way to office10:00am: Arrive at officeContinueContinue reading “Day in the Life, Day 3”
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Day in the Life of a Tenured Professor, Day 2
Day 2, Tuesday. Historic day: First half-Kenyan to be inaugurated as President of the United States. Is the dream still alive?Had an inch of snow overnight, so kids home from school because of school closure, and university opening is delayed until 10:30a — for some folks. Not me.6:15am: Wake up, coffee, shower, dress, read SundayContinueContinue reading “Day in the Life of a Tenured Professor, Day 2”
Day 1 Work Log
What is a week in the life of a slappy tenured professor like? Here’s Day 1, Monday. Kids home from school because of Martin Luther King Holiday so was able to sleep in:8:00am: Wake up, coffee, shower, dress8:45am: Quick check of emails and pack up computer and work stuff9:00am: Drive to indoor tennis center andContinueContinue reading “Day 1 Work Log”
Tenure!!!
The follower of this sporadically updated blog will notice a change in its title and description. These changes reflect the fact that I earned TENURE in the spring of 2008 and was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor effective last July. The landmark moments in the life of an academic are few, but allContinueContinue reading “Tenure!!!”
Frump and Circumstance
At the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association meeting in Toronto in August 1997, I was riding the escalator down into the atrium of the conference hotel with my fellow sociology graduate students Josh Rossol and Black Hawk Hancock. Black Hawk noticed alot of people milling around, so he turned to Josh and meContinueContinue reading “Frump and Circumstance”