Monthly Archives: February 2018

Books and Book Sites

As my books slip away from consciousness, time for a reminder and links to pages with lots of information and photos about each one. Beginning with the most recent: The Perfect Fence: Untangling the Meanings of Barbed Wire (with Lyn Bennett, … Continue reading

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The All-Administrative University

In the Fall of 2014, the Utah Valley University Faculty Senate, of which I was a member, passed this resolution . . . On the Value of Teaching and Research in the Context of Existing Salary Structures and Hiring Decisions … Continue reading

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40 Years / 50 Years: I Am Ahab

  “Oh, Starbuck! . . . On such a day . . . I struck my first whale — a boy-harpooner of eighteen! Forty — forty — forty years ago! — ago! Forty years of continual whaling! forty years of … Continue reading

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Our Battle for Quality over Quantity at Utah Valley University

I spent the past couple of weeks writing these letters and gathering signatures. Inside Higher Ed published a short piece on this today and the Provo Daily Herald and the UVU Review both published pieces about it. Publicity is our … Continue reading

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