Spring 2012 20.10 - Liz M's task - It's academic

[Liz M]

20.10 - Liz M's task - It's academic
Read a book whose author is currently a faculty member of a college or university (undergraduate or graduate).

[Liz M]

For example, the following authors (among others) teach at NYU:


Zadie Smith
Aleksandar Hemon
Anne Carson
Mary Gaitskill
Susan Choi
Jonathan Safran Foer
Lydia Davis
E. L. Doctorow

[Deedee]

Do you mean:
E.L. Doctorow

[Connie]

Jeffrey Eugenides teaches at Princeton.

[Christin]

Umberto Eco is a Professor of Semiotics at the University of Bologna - and he would also count for at least 20.7 (Internationally Acclaimed) ^_^

[Liz M]

Christin wrote: "Umberto Eco is a Professor of Semiotics at the University of Bologna - and he would also count for at least 20.7 (Internationally Acclaimed) ^_^"

For 20.7, the books must be on the linked list. I don't believe Eco is included.

[Liz M]

Rosemary wrote: "It doesn't have to be an American university for 20.10, does it? A university elsewhere in the world would be OK? ..."

Correct!

[Christin]

Liz M wrote: "Christin wrote: "Umberto Eco is a Professor of Semiotics at the University of Bologna - and he would also count for at least 20.7 (Internationally Acclaimed) ^_^"

For 20.7, the books..."

Aw, that feels like an oversight somehow given how acclaimed his books are. However, The Name of the Rose would at least get points for 20.4 and 20.6 still

[Rebekah]

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
teaches creative writing at the University of Houston.
Silas Houseis at Berea College in Kentucky but I don't know his official title

[Phoebe]

A lot of (academic) non-fiction books would work with this, too.
Claiming combo points might not be that easy then, however.

e.g.: "The Essential Child" by Susan Gelman (University of Michigan, Department of Psychology)

[Ashley Campbell]

I will get a lot of points for this... I'm a graduate student.

[Rebekah]

Ashley wrote: "I will get a lot of points for this... I'm a graduate student."

Get as much out of it as you can! (smile)

[Rebekah]

Ron Rash Western Carolina University
Ann Pancake Pacific Luthern University

Do Librarians count? Dean James (aka Miranda James, Jimmie Ruth Evans) Former Manager of "Murder by the Book" in Houston. Now Catalog and Metadata Librarian, Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library. Dean James, Ph.D., M.S.L.S.

Elizabeth StroutShe teaches at the Master of Fine Arts program at Queens University of Charlotte She also has written 2 books with girls' names in the titles

[Liz M]

Rebekah wrote: "Do Librarians count? Dean James (aka Miranda James, Jimmie Ruth Evans) Former Manager of "Murder by the Book" in Houston. Now Catalog and Metadata Librarian, Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library. Dean James, Ph.D., M.S.L.S. ..."

Unfortunately, no.

[Rebekah]

Elaine Pagels Professor of Religion at Princeton

[Rebekah]

Current Faculty for the University of Iowa's Writers Workshop
Marilynne Robinson
James Alan McPherson

[Rebekah]

Glenda GuestShe teaches at Macquarie and Griffith Gold Coast universities.

[Joanna]

Will a clinical professor count? Sylvia B. Rimm

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Phoebe wrote: "A lot of (academic) non-fiction books would work with this, too.
Claiming combo points might not be that easy then, however.

e.g.: "The Essential Child" by Susan Gelman (University of Michigan, De..."

I have a bookclub I am in but it is also a class. I am reading some excerpts from different resources. If the pages from the resources equal 100 pages, can I use the excerpts for this task?

Also, I am reading some nonfiction books and I got them from my school library I work at. They can be used for academics so could I use those too?

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Jayme, the book's author must be currently working as a professor. So, no, just getting books that are used in a class wouldn't necessarily work.

[Liz M]

Joanna wrote: "Will a clinical professor count? Sylvia B. Rimm"

Sure.

[Rebekah]

Liz M wrote: "For example, the following authors (among others) teach at NYU:


Zadie Smith
Aleksandar Hemon
Anne Carson
Mary Gaitskill
[author:Susan Ch..."

So does E L Doctorow count?

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

yes, see DeeDee's post #3

[Rosemary]

Colm Tóibín is a professor at Princeton and the University of Manchester.

[Connie]

I'm reading The World Book of Happiness - the author is more of an editor, and all texts inside are by researchers and scientists, most of whom teach at college or university level. Would this be acceptable?

[Liz M]

Connie wrote: "I'm reading The World Book of Happiness - the author is more of an editor, and all texts inside are by researchers and scientists, most of whom teach at college or university level...."

Unfortunately not. For anthologies I am going to use an all-or-nothing approach -- all the authors would need to be currently employed as professors.

[Connie]

And there goes my incentive to ever finish it :)

[Liz M]

Connie wrote: "And there goes my incentive to ever finish it :)"

D'oh! Um, maybe you'll have trouble finding a square-peg book and this will be your only option?

[Connie]

Nah, it's just not for me - so this is actually preferable, otherwise I would have been tempted to spend even more time with a book that I don't really enjoy reading.
And if that book about happiness has taught me anything, it's that life's too short for that. Well, that and people with a social life are happier - so I'll instead have a beer or two with some friends. :)

[Rebekah]

Would The First Ladies: From Martha Washington to Mamie Eisenhower, an Intimate Portrait of the Women Who Shaped America by Feather Schwartz Foster work for this category, In the "about the author" section of the book it states "...she now lectures about 'old' First Ladies at adult education venues associated with the College of William and Mary and Christopher Newport University"

[Rebekah]

Rebekah wrote: "Would The First Ladies: From Martha Washington to Mamie Eisenhower, an Intimate Portrait of the Women Who Shaped America by Feather Schwartz Foster work for this ca..."

bump

[Liz M]

Rebekah wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Would The First Ladies: From Martha Washington to Mamie Eisenhower, an Intimate Portrait of the Women Who Shaped America by Feather Schwartz Foster ..."

I am going to say no to this. The author isn't listed on the academic institution's website, as far as I can tell.

Sorry about the delay. Life got busy.

[Rebekah]

Truly understand about life getting busy! I wasn't sure if that was the case or it just got overlooked. I wanted to post it before this weekend of totaling scores. THANKS for doing all this for us! I recommend we double your salary! (smile)

[Deedee]

I'm trying to figure out if Iris Murdoch counts for this task. At the site

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Mur...

it says:

"In 1948, she became a fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford."

I'm American and I'm unsure what a "fellow" is. It sounds like a fellow of a college is a member of the faculty, payment optional, teaching duties optional???
I'm trying to figure out if a "fellow" is more like "has an honorary doctorate from" or is it more like "a non-teaching faculty member".
????????????????

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

A believe an Oxford fellow can be considered to have teaching privileges/duties. In the case of Iris Murdoch, though, it doesn't matter because the task requires the teaching status be current. Iris Murdoch died in 1999.

[Rosemary]

Just to confirm in case it comes up again - fellows of the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge universities certainly ARE teaching staff. It's a little complicated because of the college system, but they are approximately equivalent to what you would call professors in the US.

That is unless they are honorary fellows, then their teaching duties might be light or non-existent.

(from an Oxford resident and former university employee)

[Liz M]

Rosemary wrote: "Just to confirm in case it comes up again - fellows of the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge universities certainly ARE teaching staff. It's a little complicated because of the college system, but t..."

Thanks for the info!

[Christin]

Would Barry Unsworth be usable for the purposes of this challenge? Thanks!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Christin wrote: "Would Barry Unsworth be usable for the purposes of this challenge? Thanks!"

Christin, it looks like he has been a professor in the past, but I don't see that he is currently. Do you have a reference?

[Christin]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Christin wrote: "Would Barry Unsworth be usable for the purposes of this challenge? Thanks!"

Christin, it looks like he has been a professor in the past, but I don't see that he is currently. Do ..."

That's where my question lies as it seems he works more like a sit-in Professor now (his last one was at Kenyon for creative writing according to Wikipedia) :-/

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

I think Liz has asked in the past for a link to the University or some specific reference, so I was hoping you had one, which would clarify it.

[Liz M]

Christin wrote: "Would Barry Unsworth be usable for the purposes of this challenge? Thanks!"

Unfortunately, I can't find anything that states he is currently a professor & therefore he does not qualify for this task.

[Christin]

Liz M wrote: "Christin wrote: "Would Barry Unsworth be usable for the purposes of this challenge? Thanks!"

Unfortunately, I can't find anything that states he is currently a professor & therefore he does not q..."

I was just coming here to say the same thing! lol I was looking around to see if I found anything further and since I couldn't find anything current then he probably doesn't qualify by rule of omission ^_^ Thanks for looking, I really appreciate your hard work!