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Everything Is Obvious: "Once You Know the Answer"

It's about time a sociologist wrote an amazing and accessible book for a non-specialist audience. Everything Is Obvious: *Once You...

The Branded Professor

As a relatively new tenure-track professor in journalism and media, I teach students skills and critical thinking for a profession...

Home again

Ah, spring break! No school lunches to prepare, no early morning breakfasts to make, no lightning launches out the door...

Being COMPetitive

Randall McClure considers how literature scholars facing a terrible job market can become good candidates for writing positions.

Antiwar No More?

Whatever happened to the peace movement? Scott McLemee looks at new research on the collapse of a cause.

Speed Kills

How long does a search for a full-time faculty member take on your campus? I’ve been struck at the disconnect...

Fear and Loathing in Academia

This month’s question regarding life balance—how we deal with writer’s block—started me thinking about how I feel about writing. It’s...

An Incomplete History of Computers I've Owned

Does a list of computers we've owned tell us anything meaningful about technology, business, or education? Not sure. Could you...