Defining Academic Work
"The significance of citations goes far beyond energising and rewarding academic competition" (Dunleavy 2017). Read more in this blog...
A social fact...
"A social fact is to be recognized by the power of external coercion which it exercises or is capable of exercising over individuals, and...
Revise, Revise, Revise - Writing for Academic Journals
Check out these top 15 tips for revising journal articles... 15 top tips for revising journal articles by Deborah Lupton...
A door as a social symbol...
"In an immediate sense just as in a symbolic sense, in a physical as well as a spiritual sense we are, at each moment, the ones who...
Avatars
In teaching online, I have decided I must find ways to integrate some of my favorite aspects of teaching in class in an electronic...
My Places
Here are the places in the U.S. that hold meaning for me... White= States I have lived in Light gray= States I have spent considerable...
The Importance of Peer Review
At this time of year, I am reminded of the need for students to be taught the peer review process. Image Source:...
Bella
My dog
A writer on writing...
“I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.” -award winning author James A. Michener Revising is so critical to the art...
My Academic Stats
Here in a nutshell are some of my academic stats...
