Thus far, having a good time at the ol’ ASAs. My lovely hosts in the Haight are keeping me comfortably rested, and sending me off each day with delish homemade breakfasts in my belly. My goal this time around has been to not run myself into the ground, and I’d say it’s been a success. [...]
Category Archives: Conferences
Monday Morning
10-Aug-09Since I Haven’t Started Tweeting
08-Aug-09Thought I’d resume the blog for a second annual ASA reportback. I arrived in San Francisco Wednesday night for a little pre-gaming with some local yokels. Thursday we traveled down south and stayed at Pigeon Point on the ocean. True beauty. Today we made our slow way back to the city, stopping for some beachy [...]
Dang, Rethinking Sex is Heavy
05-Mar-09Am writing from Philadelphia, where I’m attending the Rethinking Sex conference. It’s a real who’s-who of queer studies people, and my brain is pretty mushy after a long day of concentrated rethinking. A few observations: I am more sociological in my approach to questions than I realize; the UPenn campus is kinda dumpy, which surprised [...]
Recuperating
08-Aug-08I think I am finally back in working order post-ASA. Phewf, that conference really took it out of me–that’s alotta days to be on all the time. Nonetheless, I have to say, overall, a good sociological time was had by all. I think I got everything out of this conference you should–meeting new people, reconnecting [...]
ASA Dress Codes
03-Aug-08Members of the undergraduate honors program: Business skirts, high heels, oxfords, pants, suit jackets, ties, button-downs, brief-cases. Grad students doing employment service: Pants, skirts, ties, shirts, sports coats, suits, khakis. First & second year grad students: T-shirts with slogans, sneakers, hoodies, no deodorant. Just graduated assistant profs: Cute going-out outfits. Assistant profs: Shirts, no ties, [...]
Best Quotes of ASA
02-Aug-08At the political sociology session on political science, after acknowledging that he was basing his claim in an anecdote, Peter Evans: But remember, the plural of “anecdote” is “data.”
Report from the Hynes Trenches
01-Aug-08I’m in Boston, at ASA. Arrived yesterday. The rough start to my ASA adventure included: waking up yesterday with a nauseating migraine; a bus driver who got lost leaving NYC and entering Boston, making us late and unable to attend the panel we were arriving for; a panic that I might puke on the bus; [...]
What I Ate For Dinner and Why
24-Jun-08Had a great, wonderful time with Emily tonight. I made us pork chops and kale, she brought us a special beverage. Dinner conversation topics included: reading The Order of Things; abandoning The Order of Things; professional conferences; alienating professional colleagues by criticizing gay marriage movements; sociology journal rankings versus library science journal rankings; her new [...]
Summer School
28-May-08Tonight, taught the first meeting of my summer class, Intro to Soc, Monday and Wednesday nights. I think it went well enough, except for the part where I broke the projector screen, so it wouldn’t retract and was covering up two-thirds of the chalkboard. I also think some of the students have found this blog, [...]