Clearly…

December 19th, 2008 |

I need to learn how to function at a level that includes time for blogging.

But my time away was certainly productive. A partial list:

  • Applied/am applying to half a dozen sociology Ph.D. programs around the country, which will remain nameless until such time as I’m able to write a gloating/despondent post about how my future has been arbitrarily decided by a smattering of committees.
  • Collected data for my thesis. Going well so far. I’m now in the process of organizing and decoding everything. And then. The Writing.
  • Got hired to teach a summer class at my current institution after I graduate: Sociology of Deviant Behavior. I’m very excited about this–this will be my first class at the university level in which I’m the primary instructor. Any lurkers with experience/suggestions? (Any lurkers at all?)
  • Conducted a neat little ethnographic study of behaviors in academic libraries. I can’t publish it, because of an agreement with the human subjects committee, but it made a nifty writing sample to those Ph.D. programs who lean qualitative. The basic research question was, “If technology has rendered the library’s function as a central location of information obsolete, why do people still go there?” and my basic answer was, “To insulate themselves from that same ubiquitous technology, which is perceived as a threat to their productivity.” Fun exercise, except for the endless note-taking.
  • Decided to get a certificate in university teaching, which I didn’t even know was offered until the beginning of this semester. This led to me taking an educational psychology class and attending an array of workshops and conferences. Next semester I have to keep a weekly response log and get observed as I do my TA thing. If you say so…

Anyways, I’ll likely be around a bit more, as I’m on break for another month and then ABT + TA next semester. I already have a few ideas that I’m looking to delve into during the next few weeks…

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