A User’s Guide to Live-Tweeting the International Medieval Congress

Image: The word “Live” in red stamped over the word “tweet.”  This weekend around three thousand medievalists – scholars and fans alike – will descend on the 50th Annual International Medieval Congress, a massive, interdisciplinary and relatively egalitarian academic gathering. It features a whopping 567 sessions, an outstanding book exhibit with new and used books … Continue ReadingA User’s Guide to Live-Tweeting the International Medieval Congress

The New York Times Confirms Academic Stereotypes: Two months of opinion essays on higher education.

Having encountered yet another elite R1 professor telling us what we, professors in general, are doing wrong, I thought I’d take a few moments and survey the NYT Opinion Page on Higher Education. I may write something longer and more formal on what I found. I have to tell you that I’m angry, and I’m … Continue ReadingThe New York Times Confirms Academic Stereotypes: Two months of opinion essays on higher education.

Weekly Roundup – Conferences, Compliance, and Freddie Gray

Happy Mother’s Day. I planted lilacs, and then together we filled in our flower and vegetable garden. This morning, I’m making two kinds of crepes – sweet (with nutella or fruit or jam) and speck + cheese savory ones. I also ground a lamb leg recently and made sausage, and am considering whether some of that … Continue ReadingWeekly Roundup – Conferences, Compliance, and Freddie Gray

#CultOfCompliance – Oregon Prisons and Mental Disabilities

Prisons are the asylums of our age. We just don’t call them that. Then, when people with mental disabilities end up incarcerated, they are horrifically vulnerable to abuse from both prison employees and other prisoners. Moreover, prison staff even when not intentionally abusive, are not well-trained in responding to the needs of people with disabilities, … Continue Reading#CultOfCompliance – Oregon Prisons and Mental Disabilities