An interesting conversation has been taking place on one of the listservs to which I subscribe. What began as an innocent query about available apps for tracking attendance, has quickly transformed into a discussion about why attendance should be taken in the first place. There have been questions about the extent to which ‘seat time’…
Continue ReadingThe Costs of Privacy
In November 2012, in response to threats of expulsion from John Jay Science & Engineering Academy on account of her refusal to wear a mandatory RFID badge, Andrea Hernandez filed a law suit against San Antonio’s Northside Independent School District. If she continues to refuse even to wear an RFID-disabled badge–an accommodation sanctioned by a…
Continue ReadingLearning to be Human from the Center of the Internet
Attending strictly to the more phenomenological aspects of the internet, it is easy to fall into a kind of idealism. Zygmunt Bauman (2005), for example, has argued that the era of space has come to an end, that the extraterrestrial realm of cyberspace has broken away from the realm of places and, consequently, social life…
Continue ReadingActive Learning and Engagement Initiative (ALEI)
Beginning in Spring 2013, I will join a group of 9 other faculty members at Emory University selected to participate in the Active Learning and Engagement Initiative (A.L.E.I.). A program that provides dedicated assistance to instructors developing technology-enhanced curricula, assessing the impact of technology upon teaching and learning with a focus on active learning principles…
Continue ReadingExposing Humanism: Prudence, Ingenium, and the Politics of the Posthuman
I am pleased to announce the publication of my article, “Exposing Humanism: Prudence, Ingenium, and the Politics of the Posthuman” in the Journal of Historical Sociology. The research for this paper was funded by the Laney Graduate School at Emory University and a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship. I…
Continue Reading2013 Equestrian Social Media Awards
I am delighted to have been selected from a pool of 117 international applicants to serve an expert panelist and judge for the 2013 Equestrian Social Media Awards. The Equestrian Social Media Awards is an organization committed to promoting the future of equestrian sports by rewarding exemplary organizations and encouraging a high standard of excellence…
Continue ReadingThe Beast Without: Red Dragon, The Cleft Lip, and the Politics of Recognition
The film Red Dragon features a serial killer whose cleft lip is the primary factor motivating his murderous behaviour. Although the film initially capitalizes upon the tradition of linking cleft lip and palate with homicidal psychopathy, however, it does so through a keen awareness of the politics of identity formation, and so has the effect…
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