SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF), which is designed for students in their second and third years: http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf/. Application deadline is: January 30, 2009, at 9pm EST
Done 1. Research a. Read intro to Southern Politics (done) b. Read conclusion to Southern Politics (Done) c. Read 3 chapters in Handbook of Political Parties (Not done; book was recalled. Began looking at AR articles instead) d. Write 3 pgs on dissertation idea (done) 2. Class work a. Write Gunther response paper (Done) 3. TA work a. Find European stock market data for SW (Not done) To Do for 10/27: 4. Research a. Read all NYT articles about Latin America daily b. Read Heller AR piece c. Read Kalyvas AR piece d. Read Layman AR piece e. Read Mair and Mudde AR piece f. Read Morgenstern and Delia AR piece g. Read Brownlee (Authoritarianism) intro and conclusion h. Write 3-5 pgs with two potential dissertation ideas; clarify existing idea and come up with another. i. Talk to Marcus about dissertation 5. Class work a. Read 3 Gunther articles b. Write Gunther response paper c. Do MLM assignment 3 6. TA work a. Find European stock market data for Sara Watson b. Transpose political rights data for Sarah Brooks 7. Other a. Meet with florist b. Call Rabbi Huber c. Update budget spreadsheet d. Vote?
Last Week TO DO for 10/22/2008 Research 1. Read "The Ups and Downs of Bureaucratic Organization" by Olson (DONE) 2. Scan "The Concept of Representation in Contemporary Democratic Theory" by Urbinati and Warren (DONE) 3. Re-Read Chandra's chapter that defines Clientelism 4. Search for other definitions of Clientelism 5. Start compiling list for future reading from the sources cited of above mentioned literature (DONE)
Classes 1. Review Chap 2 Econ (DONE) 2. Read Chap 3 Econ (Half Done) 3. Econ Study Group 4. Econ Homework #3 (Started) 5. MLM Readings (Cancelled)
Other 1. GIES Talk (Friday 3:30) (Done) 2. Set up Vet appointment for cats
------------------------------- To Do for Oct. 27th Research 1. Re-Read Chandra's chapter that defines Clientelism 2. Search for other definitions of Clientelism 3. Write mini-lit review on definition of clientelism 4. Find articles and request books from list compiled from bureaucracy review article 5. Skim articles and books (from 4) to see if they are worth further time 6. Write three pages on the comparative bureaucracy literature Classes 1. Finish reading Chap 3 of Econ 2. Finish ECON HW 3 3. Econ Study Group 4. Spend 2 hrs on first MLM homework attempt 5. Review HW1 and HW2 from Econ 6. Work additional provided ECON practice problems Teaching 1. Report Quiz Grades 2. Give Practice Quizzes Other 1. Set up Vet Appointment for Cats
Dissertation: 1.) write up data report for committee 2.) read more articles on courts: - Solomon (2008) - Trochev (2006) - Epstein and Knight (2000) 3.) search for court grants/fellowships 4.) finish write-up for Smith-Ricardson 5.) identify key vars in Regions of Russia and merge
Teaching: 1.) review Roland (ch 4), Shleifer & Treisman (ch 2), Freeland 2.) grad exams 3.) return exams 4.) Review Roland, Stiglitz, & Mau
Other: 1.) Meet with international studies professor (Thurs) 2.) fix laptop 3.) help out with open house
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Done By 10/20/08
Dissertation: 1.) write up data report for committee 2.) read more articles on Russian arbitrage courts: - Solomon (2008) - Hendley (2002 & 2007) (DONE) - Trochev (2006) 3.) build list of other Russian-court related readings (DONE) 4.) search for court grants/fellowships 5.) begin grant write-up for Smith-Ricardson (DONE) 6.) ask for letter for Smith-Ricardson (DONE)
Other: 1.) Meet with international studies professor (Thurs) (DONE) 2.) Mike Cohen’s talk (Fri.) (DONE) 3.) Daniel Blake’s talk (Fri.) (DONE) 4.) Give talk at Kensington Place (Mon.) (DONE) 5.) fix laptop
From last week: Dissertation 1. Revise pension chapter to include an additional 2-4 pages with the factual content of reforms, state's interests, and structure of the game (based on history of legislation) NOT DONE 2. Compile pension legislation DONE 3. Enter new insurance industry data ASAP and redo cross-tabs STARTED 4. Outline health care chapter NOT DONE 5. Read Orenstein (Chapters 1, 4, 5 and 6) DONE 6. Read new Haggard and Kaufman book (Chapters 4, 5, and 8) NOT DONE
Teaching 1. Two classes (1 class DONE) 2. Grade Essays (DONE)
Other 1. Never ending trickle of job apps to submit (3+ to submit by 10/22) STARTED 2. Mike's talk DONE 3. Daniel's talk DONE 4. New To Do List DONE
To Do for 10/30 Dissertation 1.Revise pension chapter to include an additional 2-4 pages with the factual content of reforms, state's interests, and structure of the game (based on history of legislation) 2.Outline health care chapter 3.Read new Haggard and Kaufman book (Chapters 4, 5, and 8) 4.Enter new insurance industry data ASAP & format 5.Redo cross-tabs 6.Read Allison to help with theory chapter (Book, “Essence of Decision-making”, need to decide which chapter) 7.Revise theory chapter: Write 2-4 pages clarifying technical difficulty vs. uncertainty 8.Reorganize presentation to make empirical puzzle upfront (maybe put slides with revised cross-tabs upfront, take out bad quote) 9.Contact Lera about transcribing interviews 10.Re-listen to following interviews: Gelyuta, Soskov, Kuzin, Kolabaev, Kokorev
Teaching 1.Teach two classes
Other 1.Anand’s practice talk(Wed) 2.Christina’s job talk(Thurs)
Research - Prepare for the workshop - Read over syllabi on transitional justice and identify helpful readings; request books and save files (Doing) - Identify a helpful source on modern Indonesian history; buy or request it (Done) - Read at least two essays (chapters or journal articles) => Revised to "read two recent books and list their hypotheses" in the class
Classwork - Prepare for the video-recording class presentation on Friday (Done) - Read for 795 (Done)
TA/RA - Read Kuttner and Hobsbawm (maybe Landes) + skim Polanyi, Lindblom, North
Research 1. Check out and read Retribution and reparation in the transition to democracy (edited by Jon Elster) 2. Read Journal of Conflict Resolution, issue on transitional justice 3. Write down their main definitions and all hypotheses 4. Read over three syllabi and identify readings
Class work 1. 105 - Prepare for the individual tutorial (Wed 3pm) 2. 105 - Unit III assignments 3. Read 795 materials and prepare questions on the syllabus assignment, if any
TA/RA work 1. Meeting on Wed 2. Read Kuttner, Hobsbawm and Rostow (maybe Landes) + skim Polanyi, Lindblom, North, Gerschenkron 3. Grade class responses and mid-term exam, perhaps... whatever job assigned, for 20 hours as on the contract
Other 1. Proofread the whole draft (translation project) 2. Write the second half of the foreword 3. Guest list (my friends) for the wedding 4. Discuss about Jurye
Dissertation: 1.) Finish revising lit review section as much as I can 2.) Finish flowchart and order and write out clearly my thoughts/arguments for the theory section 3.) Begin formulating preliminary hypotheses 4.) Write up and email final document for Tuesday presentation 5.) Write grant proposal 6.) Reread sections in Varshney and Wilkinson for specific data trends 7.) Reread Varshney and Wilkinson section on the caste equation and southern politics 8.) Read Jaffrelot (selections)
Classwork: 1.) Finish Stat homework by Wednesday 2.) Prepare presentation for Monday's class 3) Review class notes and exercises
Teaching: 1.) Prep for Thursday's class 2.) Create midterm exam and get copies made
DONE BY 10/22:
Dissertation: 1.) Compile a list/brief summary of readings that I've done over the past few weeks(BEGUN) 2.) Start revising my lit review section(BEGUN) 3.) Write out a flowchart/summary of arguments/IVs I've been thinking about(JOTTED DOWN THOUGHTS, MADE ROUGH OUTLINE) 4.) Look at the Varshney-Wilkinson dataset for specific trends 5.) Search for grants and start writing an outline for a grant proposal
Classwork: 1.) Stat homework (BEGUN) 2.) Read Krause and Olson, ch. 8 3.) Review notes for upcoming midterm(BEGUN)
Teaching: 1.) Grade quizzes, upload on Carmen (DONE) 2.) Prepare and upload midterm study guide(DONE) 3.) Review/update lecture notes Tuesday & Thursday(For Tuesday Morning)
1.) write about a political economy of exit, voice and loyalty 2.) finish Grindle 3.) read Economic Origins 4.) keep writing the grant proposal (DONE) 5.) work on the question and positioning in the literature
Data Entering and Analysis:
On the Philippines 1) figure out municipal codes for the comprehensive dataset 2) start coding election violence data 3) start working on local governance indicators 4) start coding Galing Pook awardees 5) start analyzing SWS opinion polls 6) start converting the 2000 census On the global data 7) go over the international migrant stock data
PRISM:
1.) prepare the R brownbag 2.) send out a reminder for next week's methods lunch (Thursday) (DONE)
Other: 1.) re-establish contact with the League of Municipalities of the Philippines 2.) send a fieldwork summary or a draft proposal to Nick
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Dissertation:
1. dissertation timeline 2. revise SSRC proposal 3. read Waldinger (2004; 2008) and Guarinizo (2003) and write a page on transnationalism focusing on "transformative potential" vs. "reproducing existing power relations" 4. review the model in Clark et al (2006) and write a summary paragraph 5. Make an inventory of datasets 6. start coding Galing Pook awardees 7. read the World Politics review on the quality of democracy, build a reading list, and write three paragraphs about the literature 8. read Abdih (2008) to review their model and make notes
PRISM:
1.) prepare the R brownbag 2.) methods lunch on Wednesday
Coursework:
1.mutilevel modeling readings 2. read "democracy as a latent variable" and write a paragraph
Other: 1.) re-establish contact with the League of Municipalities of the Philippines 2.) send a fieldwork summary or a draft proposal to Nick 3.) BibTex
Research 1. Read Retribution and reparation in the transition to democracy - Ch 2, Ch 9-14 (Elster ed, 2006) 2. Read Journal of Conflict Resolution June 2006 (7 articles and introduction) 3. Write down their main definitions and all hypotheses 4. Read over two syllabi and identify readings 5. Dig my laptop to find reading list(s) that I created and forgot
Class work 1. 105 - Prepare for the individual tutorial (Wed 3pm) 2. 105 - Unit III assignments 3. Read 795 materials and prepare questions on the syllabus assignment, if any
TA/RA work 1. Meeting 2. Prepare for the mid-term review session (Fri)
Other 1. Proofread the whole draft (translation project) 2. Write a draft of the second half of the foreword (translation project) 3. Begin Cornell Indonesian DVD (3-40 minutes a day)
OLD TO-DO Research 1. Finish compiling list of articles on GMO and nuclear energy debates. (done - except now restricted to nuclear energy policy) 2. Write 5-page summary of current dissertation idea (done, ok 4 pages) 3. Submit MPSA abstract (done) 4. Read Feyeraben "Against Method" (half done)
Classwork 1. Finish reading Habermas "The logic of the social sciences" (done)
Teaching 1. Grade exams (half done) 2. Read Japan chapter in Shively (Not yet)
Other 1. Reschedule oral exams (Almost) 2. Get over medicophobia (Never!) 3. Schedule doctor's appointment (Done)
NEW TO-DO Research 1. Finish Feyeraben 2. Find some kind of layman's guide to nuclear reactor technology 3. ILL a copy of Flyvbjerg's "Decision-Making on Mega-Projects" 4. Identify and read any relevant methodology chapters in Flyvbjerg's "Making Social Science Matter" 5. Write 3-5 pages on choice of substantive issue area 6. 1 hour French review every day 7. Identify and obtain a few relevant mainstream books on Three-Mile Island and Chernobyl
Professional Development 1. Read "The Althusserian Legacy" 2. Do L/N search for Supreme Court cases that reference media coverage/depiction of police procedure.
Classwork 1. Read Habermas "Knowledge and Human Interests"
Teaching 1. Finish Grading exams 2. Read Japan and Britain chapters in Shively 3. Meet with DL and RH re: grading distribution 4. Prepare for Fri. recitation
Other 1. Price airline tickets for uncle's wedding.
Dissertation 1. Start searching for articles and books on civil society/media/social movements (particularly with Latin American emphasis); start reading COMPLETED: started keyword search on Annual Reviews; started spreadsheet of sources and tracking what’s been done with them; read 6 articles
Class 1. MLM HW (due Friday) DONE 2. read Shivaji's and Quentin's papers (due Thursday) DONE
TA 1. Read chapters 5&6; make up lesson plan (due Friday) DONE 2. Grade first exam (due Friday, 10/25) 3. Start reading next chapters and lesson planning (due Friday, 10/25)—read chapter
Other 1. Get price quote on new lenses for glasses and order new lenses—got price quote
To Do by 10/27
Dissertation 1. Read 12 articles/chapters and take notes
Class 1. MLM HW (due 10/31) 2. Read paper for presentation in MLM 3. Read Daniel’s, Scott’s and Yoonah’s posts (due Tuesday)
TA 1. Grade first exam (due Wednesday, 10/22) 2. Lesson plan (due 10/24) 3. Start reading for week of 10/27 4. Skim week’s news on Mexico
Other 1. Order new lenses 2. Christina Xydias’s job talk (Thursday)
12 comments:
Done
1. Research
a. Read intro to Southern Politics (done)
b. Read conclusion to Southern Politics (Done)
c. Read 3 chapters in Handbook of Political Parties (Not done; book was recalled. Began looking at AR articles instead)
d. Write 3 pgs on dissertation idea (done)
2. Class work
a. Write Gunther response paper (Done)
3. TA work
a. Find European stock market data for SW (Not done)
To Do for 10/27:
4. Research
a. Read all NYT articles about Latin America daily
b. Read Heller AR piece
c. Read Kalyvas AR piece
d. Read Layman AR piece
e. Read Mair and Mudde AR piece
f. Read Morgenstern and Delia AR piece
g. Read Brownlee (Authoritarianism) intro and conclusion
h. Write 3-5 pgs with two potential dissertation ideas; clarify existing idea and come up with another.
i. Talk to Marcus about dissertation
5. Class work
a. Read 3 Gunther articles
b. Write Gunther response paper
c. Do MLM assignment 3
6. TA work
a. Find European stock market data for Sara Watson
b. Transpose political rights data for Sarah Brooks
7. Other
a. Meet with florist
b. Call Rabbi Huber
c. Update budget spreadsheet
d. Vote?
Last Week
TO DO for 10/22/2008
Research
1. Read "The Ups and Downs of Bureaucratic Organization" by Olson (DONE)
2. Scan "The Concept of Representation in Contemporary Democratic Theory" by Urbinati and Warren (DONE)
3. Re-Read Chandra's chapter that defines Clientelism
4. Search for other definitions of Clientelism
5. Start compiling list for future reading from the sources cited of above mentioned literature (DONE)
Classes
1. Review Chap 2 Econ (DONE)
2. Read Chap 3 Econ (Half Done)
3. Econ Study Group
4. Econ Homework #3 (Started)
5. MLM Readings (Cancelled)
Teaching
1. Schedule Make-Up Quizzes (Done)
2. Grade Quizzes (Done)
3. Report Quiz Grades
4. Turn in Course Description (Done)
Other
1. GIES Talk (Friday 3:30) (Done)
2. Set up Vet appointment for cats
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To Do for Oct. 27th
Research
1. Re-Read Chandra's chapter that defines Clientelism
2. Search for other definitions of Clientelism
3. Write mini-lit review on definition of clientelism
4. Find articles and request books from list compiled from bureaucracy review article
5. Skim articles and books (from 4) to see if they are worth further time
6. Write three pages on the comparative bureaucracy literature
Classes
1. Finish reading Chap 3 of Econ
2. Finish ECON HW 3
3. Econ Study Group
4. Spend 2 hrs on first MLM homework attempt
5. Review HW1 and HW2 from Econ
6. Work additional provided ECON practice problems
Teaching
1. Report Quiz Grades
2. Give Practice Quizzes
Other
1. Set up Vet Appointment for Cats
To Do By 10/27/08
Dissertation:
1.) write up data report for committee
2.) read more articles on courts:
- Solomon (2008)
- Trochev (2006)
- Epstein and Knight (2000)
3.) search for court grants/fellowships
4.) finish write-up for Smith-Ricardson
5.) identify key vars in Regions of Russia and merge
Classwork:
1.) Econ homework #4
2.) Read Wooldridge, ch. 6 & 7
Teaching:
1.) review Roland (ch 4), Shleifer & Treisman (ch 2), Freeland
2.) grad exams
3.) return exams
4.) Review Roland, Stiglitz, & Mau
Other:
1.) Meet with international studies professor (Thurs)
2.) fix laptop
3.) help out with open house
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Done By 10/20/08
Dissertation:
1.) write up data report for committee
2.) read more articles on Russian arbitrage courts:
- Solomon (2008)
- Hendley (2002 & 2007) (DONE)
- Trochev (2006)
3.) build list of other Russian-court related readings (DONE)
4.) search for court grants/fellowships
5.) begin grant write-up for Smith-Ricardson (DONE)
6.) ask for letter for Smith-Ricardson (DONE)
Classwork:
1.) Econ homework #3 (DONE)
2.) Read Wooldridge, ch. 6 & 7
Teaching:
1.) review Shleifer & Treisman (ch 3&4), & Murrell (DONE)
2.) grade exams
Other:
1.) Meet with international studies professor (Thurs) (DONE)
2.) Mike Cohen’s talk (Fri.) (DONE)
3.) Daniel Blake’s talk (Fri.) (DONE)
4.) Give talk at Kensington Place (Mon.) (DONE)
5.) fix laptop
From last week:
Dissertation
1. Revise pension chapter to include an additional 2-4 pages with the factual content of reforms, state's interests, and structure of the game (based on history of legislation) NOT DONE
2. Compile pension legislation DONE
3. Enter new insurance industry data ASAP and redo cross-tabs STARTED
4. Outline health care chapter NOT DONE
5. Read Orenstein (Chapters 1, 4, 5 and 6) DONE
6. Read new Haggard and Kaufman book (Chapters 4, 5, and 8) NOT DONE
Teaching
1. Two classes (1 class DONE)
2. Grade Essays (DONE)
Other
1. Never ending trickle of job apps to submit (3+ to submit by 10/22) STARTED
2. Mike's talk DONE
3. Daniel's talk DONE
4. New To Do List DONE
To Do for 10/30
Dissertation
1.Revise pension chapter to include an additional 2-4 pages with the factual content of reforms, state's interests, and structure of the game (based on history of legislation)
2.Outline health care chapter
3.Read new Haggard and Kaufman book (Chapters 4, 5, and 8)
4.Enter new insurance industry data ASAP & format
5.Redo cross-tabs
6.Read Allison to help with theory chapter (Book, “Essence of Decision-making”, need to decide which chapter)
7.Revise theory chapter: Write 2-4 pages clarifying technical difficulty vs. uncertainty
8.Reorganize presentation to make empirical puzzle upfront (maybe put slides with revised cross-tabs upfront, take out bad quote)
9.Contact Lera about transcribing interviews
10.Re-listen to following interviews: Gelyuta, Soskov, Kuzin, Kolabaev, Kokorev
Teaching
1.Teach two classes
Other
1.Anand’s practice talk(Wed)
2.Christina’s job talk(Thurs)
To do by Oct 22
Research
- Prepare for the workshop
- Read over syllabi on transitional justice and identify helpful readings; request books and save files (Doing)
- Identify a helpful source on modern Indonesian history; buy or request it (Done)
- Read at least two essays (chapters or journal articles)
=> Revised to "read two recent books and list their hypotheses" in the class
Classwork
- Prepare for the video-recording class presentation on Friday (Done)
- Read for 795 (Done)
TA/RA
- Read Kuttner and Hobsbawm (maybe Landes) + skim Polanyi, Lindblom, North
Other
- Translation project: proofread ch1-3
- Return library books (Half done)
To do by Oct 29
Research
1. Check out and read Retribution and reparation in the transition to democracy (edited by Jon Elster)
2. Read Journal of Conflict Resolution, issue on transitional justice
3. Write down their main definitions and all hypotheses
4. Read over three syllabi and identify readings
Class work
1. 105 - Prepare for the individual tutorial (Wed 3pm)
2. 105 - Unit III assignments
3. Read 795 materials and prepare questions on the syllabus assignment, if any
TA/RA work
1. Meeting on Wed
2. Read Kuttner, Hobsbawm and Rostow (maybe Landes) + skim Polanyi, Lindblom, North, Gerschenkron
3. Grade class responses and mid-term exam, perhaps... whatever job assigned, for 20 hours as on the contract
Other
1. Proofread the whole draft (translation project)
2. Write the second half of the foreword
3. Guest list (my friends) for the wedding
4. Discuss about Jurye
To Do for 10/27:
Dissertation:
1.) Finish revising lit review section as much as I can
2.) Finish flowchart and order and write out clearly my thoughts/arguments for the theory section
3.) Begin formulating preliminary hypotheses
4.) Write up and email final document for Tuesday presentation
5.) Write grant proposal
6.) Reread sections in Varshney and Wilkinson for specific data trends
7.) Reread Varshney and Wilkinson section on the caste equation and southern politics
8.) Read Jaffrelot (selections)
Classwork:
1.) Finish Stat homework by Wednesday
2.) Prepare presentation for Monday's class
3) Review class notes and exercises
Teaching:
1.) Prep for Thursday's class
2.) Create midterm exam and get copies made
DONE BY 10/22:
Dissertation:
1.) Compile a list/brief summary of readings that I've done over the past few weeks(BEGUN)
2.) Start revising my lit review section(BEGUN)
3.) Write out a flowchart/summary of arguments/IVs I've been thinking about(JOTTED DOWN THOUGHTS, MADE ROUGH OUTLINE)
4.) Look at the Varshney-Wilkinson dataset for specific trends
5.) Search for grants and start writing an outline for a grant proposal
Classwork:
1.) Stat homework (BEGUN)
2.) Read Krause and Olson, ch. 8
3.) Review notes for upcoming midterm(BEGUN)
Teaching:
1.) Grade quizzes, upload on Carmen (DONE)
2.) Prepare and upload midterm study guide(DONE)
3.) Review/update lecture notes Tuesday & Thursday(For Tuesday Morning)
Last Week
To Do by 10/22/2008
Dissertation:
1.) write about a political economy of exit, voice and loyalty
2.) finish Grindle
3.) read Economic Origins
4.) keep writing the grant proposal (DONE)
5.) work on the question and positioning in the literature
Data Entering and Analysis:
On the Philippines
1) figure out municipal codes for the comprehensive dataset
2) start coding election violence data
3) start working on local governance indicators
4) start coding Galing Pook awardees
5) start analyzing SWS opinion polls
6) start converting the 2000 census
On the global data
7) go over the international migrant stock data
PRISM:
1.) prepare the R brownbag
2.) send out a reminder for next week's methods lunch (Thursday) (DONE)
Coursework:
Mutilevel Modeling readings (DONE)
Structural Equation Modeling
Matching readings
Other:
1.) re-establish contact with the League of Municipalities of the Philippines
2.) send a fieldwork summary or a draft proposal to Nick
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To Do by 10/29
Dissertation:
1. dissertation timeline
2. revise SSRC proposal
3. read Waldinger (2004; 2008) and Guarinizo (2003) and write a page on transnationalism focusing on "transformative potential" vs. "reproducing existing power relations"
4. review the model in Clark et al (2006) and write a summary paragraph
5. Make an inventory of datasets
6. start coding Galing Pook awardees
7. read the World Politics review on the quality of democracy, build a reading list, and write three paragraphs about the literature
8. read Abdih (2008) to review their model and make notes
PRISM:
1.) prepare the R brownbag
2.) methods lunch on Wednesday
Coursework:
1.mutilevel modeling readings
2. read "democracy as a latent variable" and write a paragraph
Other:
1.) re-establish contact with the League of Municipalities of the Philippines
2.) send a fieldwork summary or a draft proposal to Nick
3.) BibTex
Jiwon - revised (sorry for confusion)
To do by Oct 27
Research
1. Read Retribution and reparation in the transition to democracy - Ch 2, Ch 9-14 (Elster ed, 2006)
2. Read Journal of Conflict Resolution June 2006 (7 articles and introduction)
3. Write down their main definitions and all hypotheses
4. Read over two syllabi and identify readings
5. Dig my laptop to find reading list(s) that I created and forgot
Class work
1. 105 - Prepare for the individual tutorial (Wed 3pm)
2. 105 - Unit III assignments
3. Read 795 materials and prepare questions on the syllabus assignment, if any
TA/RA work
1. Meeting
2. Prepare for the mid-term review session (Fri)
Other
1. Proofread the whole draft (translation project)
2. Write a draft of the second half of the foreword (translation project)
3. Begin Cornell Indonesian DVD (3-40 minutes a day)
To do by 10/27
Dissertation:
1. Complete and revised draft of SSRC proposal
2. Intense study of the Germanic language
3. Construct outline and send out for comments
Teaching:
1. Grade HW
2. Write Midterm
Class:
1. Econ Homework
Other:
1. Football - MSUvUM, OSUvPSU
2. Methods Lunch
3. Reimbursement forms
Done by 10/21/
Dissertation
1. Portion of SSRC proposal
Class:
1. Prep lectures
Other:
1. Spartan Pain
2. Lots of Talks
OLD TO-DO
Research
1. Finish compiling list of articles on GMO and nuclear energy debates. (done - except now restricted to nuclear energy policy)
2. Write 5-page summary of current dissertation idea (done, ok 4 pages)
3. Submit MPSA abstract (done)
4. Read Feyeraben "Against Method" (half done)
Classwork
1. Finish reading Habermas "The logic of the social sciences" (done)
Teaching
1. Grade exams (half done)
2. Read Japan chapter in Shively (Not yet)
Other
1. Reschedule oral exams (Almost)
2. Get over medicophobia (Never!)
3. Schedule doctor's appointment (Done)
NEW TO-DO
Research
1. Finish Feyeraben
2. Find some kind of layman's guide to nuclear reactor technology
3. ILL a copy of Flyvbjerg's "Decision-Making on Mega-Projects"
4. Identify and read any relevant methodology chapters in Flyvbjerg's "Making Social Science Matter"
5. Write 3-5 pages on choice of substantive issue area
6. 1 hour French review every day
7. Identify and obtain a few relevant mainstream books on Three-Mile Island and Chernobyl
Professional Development
1. Read "The Althusserian Legacy"
2. Do L/N search for Supreme Court cases that reference media coverage/depiction of police procedure.
Classwork
1. Read Habermas "Knowledge and Human Interests"
Teaching
1. Finish Grading exams
2. Read Japan and Britain chapters in Shively
3. Meet with DL and RH re: grading distribution
4. Prepare for Fri. recitation
Other
1. Price airline tickets for uncle's wedding.
To Do by 10/22
Dissertation
1. Start searching for articles and books on civil society/media/social movements (particularly with Latin American emphasis); start reading
COMPLETED: started keyword search on Annual Reviews; started spreadsheet of sources and tracking what’s been done with them; read 6 articles
Class
1. MLM HW (due Friday) DONE
2. read Shivaji's and Quentin's papers (due Thursday) DONE
TA
1. Read chapters 5&6; make up lesson plan (due Friday) DONE
2. Grade first exam (due Friday, 10/25)
3. Start reading next chapters and lesson planning (due Friday, 10/25)—read chapter
Other
1. Get price quote on new lenses for glasses and order new lenses—got price quote
To Do by 10/27
Dissertation
1. Read 12 articles/chapters and take notes
Class
1. MLM HW (due 10/31)
2. Read paper for presentation in MLM
3. Read Daniel’s, Scott’s and Yoonah’s posts (due Tuesday)
TA
1. Grade first exam (due Wednesday, 10/22)
2. Lesson plan (due 10/24)
3. Start reading for week of 10/27
4. Skim week’s news on Mexico
Other
1. Order new lenses
2. Christina Xydias’s job talk (Thursday)
To-do-list from 10/21 to 10/28)
Dissertation Research
Write (9:30-11-30A) everyday except Monday and Wednesday. (revise and send draft of extant hypotheses to Ted by TH 5P)
Read (12:30-3:00) everyday (826 submitions T underway, Brubaker all)
Read (4:0-5:30P) everyday (Social Concepts by Goertz chaps 1-4, Empirical Research and Interpretive Turn by Yanow chaps 1,4,15)
Write everyday (7:00-9:00P) except Tuesday.
Teaching
Prepare for teaching on Tuesday (7:00-9P)
Write questions for mid-term scheduled for 11/03 on Saturday (1-3P
Prepare for teaching (6:00-9:00P) Sunday
Week-end
Go to some Pumpkin Festival Hillyard Sunday (11A to 3:00P)
Write at least 2-pp Sunday (8:30 to 10:00A)
To-do-list from 10/15 to 10/20)
Dissertation Research
Write (9:30-11-30A) everyday except Monday and Wednesday. (done F)
Read (12:30-3:00) everyday (done but M only until 2P due to a previously unscheduled appointment)
Read (4:0-5:30P) everyday. (done)
Write everyday (7:00-9:00P) except Tuesday. (done)
Teaching
Prepared for teaching (Sunday (7:00 to 9:00P) (done)
(Week-ends unscheduled) but added an event
Attended conference “Plural China” on saturday (10:00 to 6:00P)
Shivaji
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