Sociologist on "Role model to gain confidence in interview?"
If a JMC went full Trump, they would have my vote. If she was a woman, I would lobby for her. Hard.
View Articlebeakman on "Role model to gain confidence in interview?"
I actually think Marco Rubio would be a good model. He's compelling, articulate, and also comes across as genuine in a down-to-earth way. Watch how he responds to Jeff Bush...
View ArticleSociologist on "Role model to gain confidence in interview?"
Nailed it.I'm gonna be Huuuge. The other JMCs are so low-energy. I would never attack them on their looks, but believe me there is a lot of subject matter there.
View ArticleSociologist on "NYU junior search"
SJMR loves shooting the messenger...Seems Ali Kadivar already gave his job talk. How did it go, NYU insiders? It dragged a bit. Quant faculty pushed him hard. It was a fine talk, all in all. Definitely...
View ArticleSociologist on "When not to reply to student email"
Exactly, you work at an R1MAybe this depends on where you are. I am tenured at an R1 and I ignore student emails all the time if they are inconsiderate or dumb. My evals still rock overall, and no one...
View ArticleSociologist on "critical thinking courses do not teach critical thinking any...
critical thinking courses do not teach critical thinking any better than other coursesCritical Thinking Wars 1 and 2 A recent meta-analysis of studies of critical thinking (e.g., seeing if students can...
View ArticleSociologist on "What do you think of Poetics?"
I like most of what they publish but you are probably better off career-wise with a mainstream soc journal. I submitted there once and the reviewers and editor were extremely harsh and made a number of...
View ArticleSociologist on "Hartwick College"
Tough location, low pay. I don't know what is up with the applicant pool, that is a general commentary on the area and position.
View ArticleSociologist on "Goffman at KU"
this board is going to implode into a black hole of cosmic matter when she goes up for tenure It isn't going to go down like that. The news will just drop one day that she is moving with tenure to...
View ArticleSociologist on "We used to have diverse, open-minded discussions here."
What happened? -IQ boy
View ArticleSociologist on "how about that NYU brochure?"
Sending a brochure to the Stanford/Berkeley/Princeton departments/faculty with a picture of England/Hout/DiMaggio on the front asking "why go to NYU"? That's just shitty. The question is: is that a...
View ArticleSociologist on "NYU junior search"
^ They want the truth, but can they handle the truth?
View ArticleSociologist on "how about that NYU brochure?"
Self-promotion. Learn it, live it, love it!
View ArticleSociologist on "NYU junior search"
Job talks should be off limits to online commentary. They are intended as in-house events.
View ArticleHumanomics on "Regnerus has the callous disregard for poor single mothers and...
Good thing we have you and your decoder ring to ID the secret Regnerus supporters for us.10/10"I bet nobody really believes that so it must be an elaborate ruse by one guy."-SJMR Truther
View ArticleSociologist on "how about that NYU brochure?"
Well NYU did show deep interest in getting Monk last year (lots of schools did). This year's crop of JMCs looks more diverse than usual. But yeah, they're looking pretty pale over there... So these...
View ArticleSociologist on "R&R memo help"
^ Good advice on the letter. Separating the cover letter from the point-by-point had not been mentioned already and is useful. But I don't believe that the format of the letter is the main reason your...
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