In this episode of The Annex, we meet Casey Jakubowski (University of Maryland, Eastern Shore) and Chea Lynn Parton (Purdue). We’ll explore the unique experiences and observations that led our guests to develop a keen interest in teaching rural students. We’ll also dive into the similarities and differences between teaching rural and urban […]
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We talk about getting online teaching right with three colleagues with expertise in online pedagogy.
We discuss Dan Chambliss' op-ed in the Wall Street Journal about the ethics of letting people drop their major or college.
Seth Aburtyn (University of British Columbia) discusses the role of classical sociology in our graduate curricula.
Joe, Gabriel and Rebecca Raby (Brock University) discuss a recent case at Florida Atlantic University in which a student was arrested for saying that he was going to kill his professor for scheduling an early morning exam.
Joe, Leslie and Gabriel interview Jessi Streib (Duke University) discuss how they deal with attendance in their classes. Other readings: “The Contamination of Student Assessment“, by Jay Sterling Silver “Do Attendance Policies Discriminate Against Disability” by Claire Potter “Attendance, Discrimination, and LDA” by Matt Reed
This week on The Annex, we talk with Kieran Healy from Duke University. Kieran is author of the much-acclaimed 2017 theory paper “Fuck Nuance” in Sociological Theory, and of the award-winning Last Best Gift (Chicago). We also talk about a new study on the human capital versus signaling debate about higher education’s value, reactions […]
