February 2018

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Homer and Literature Instruction

Screenshot from Stony Brook People, Nov. 1973, Vol 4. No. 5

Not that Homer. I mean the one with two names: Homer Goldberg. I regret that I didn’t take the opportunity to add my two cents to his tribute when he passed last year. As you may know, he was a master teacher in the English Department for many years (see his obituary here). I was […]

Reevaluating Pedagogical Methods…for Grad Students? Alt-Ac and Intro to English Studies

Humanities PhD Employment Percentages for those who earned their PhDs between 1996-2011 (source: MLA)

“Now I don’t mean to point fingers,” began a Stanford University Career Center Coach in the audience of a Q&A held after a panel at MLA 2018, “But humanities PhD students historically under-participate every time we hold professional career workshops for paths both inside and outside academia and we don’t really know why.” The panel […]

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