MLA… Things I Wish I Had Said

by Dr Davis on December 30, 2009

I wish I had mentioned in my second presentation that I was offered thirty minutes to speak, since our second speaker did not show up. I took the whole thirty, too. (I had written 23 minutes, but then I added stuff.)

I wonder how many people in the audience were thinking, “Well, it’s a good thing the other person didn’t show.”

And I wish I had gotten the source for 1 in 4 women will be assaulted in their lifetime. If I had looked it up again, I would have found that now the National Institute for Justice and the CDC say that it is 1 in 6. That’s a useful statistic and then I would have had a citation for the person who wanted one. Unfortunately I don’t know her name. Maybe she’ll come visit TCE? Or email me? She took a draft of the paper home with her and it had my email address.

The CDC gives a citation for their 1 in 6 number:

Tjaden P, Thoennes N. Extent, nature, and consequences of intimate partner violence: findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey. Washington (DC): Department of Justice (US); 2000. Publication No.: NCJ 181867. Available from: URL: www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/
181867.htm.

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Explain this, please.

by Dr Davis on December 30, 2009

beowulfI asked for a copy of a paper to use in my teaching of Beowulf, telling the presenter that I thought it would add useful background information to my discussion of the text.

The grad student who wrote it was apparently hesitant about giving out the paper, even though I said I wouldn’t print it or copy it, but would only use it in my class.

She finally said, “I guess I’d be okay with you using it in teaching.”

What’s that all about?

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A Good Teaching Portfolio

by Dr Davis on December 30, 2009

A chair of a search committee for English writes about what should be in the portfolio.

A reader should have the answers to these three basic questions after reading your teaching portfolio. Ideally, they’ll be addressed toward the beginning:

1.How long has this person been teaching?
2.How many (and which) courses has this person taught?
3.How many (and what kinds of) student populations has this person taught?

Then she goes on to give a list of materials that should be included.

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