I am really thrilled to have a new essay up at The Chronicle of Higher Education. The piece explores a conflict I’ve been dealing with for a while now–turning my old, very corporate resume into a new academic curriculum vitae as I apply for teaching jobs. The details are all there, so I won’t go […]
Month: November 2011
APA, MLA, AP…Is it all BS?
I wanted to pass along a great article from The Chronicle of Higher Education about “citation obsession.” The author, Kurt Schick, argues that we should be placing way more emphasis on ideas and the synthesis of sources than we do on a perfect works cited page. This confirms my general outlook: I care less about […]