In addition to Sarah's practice job talk on Monday afternoon (1 pm), we have in the hot seat for next week:
Shivaji -- review extant hypotheses in the literature
Quintin -- summary of recent field work
Those documents will be circulated by email by Monday. Go ahead and post your "to-do's" by clicking on the comments link under this post.
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To Do By 10/15/08
Dissertation:
1.) dissertation timeline
2.) write up a summary of my field research to distribute for comments
3.) write up a report for committee that details proposed data sources
4.) read articles for literature review Russian arbitrage court:
- Solomon (2006 & 2008)
- Hendley (2003 & 2004)
- Trochev (2005)
5.) build list of other Russian-court related readings
6.) search for grants/fellowships for courts or dissertation write-up
Classwork:
1.) Econ homework #2
2.) Read Wooldridge, ch. 6
Teaching:
1.) Prep for Monday’s class by reviewing Przeworski (ch 4) & Roland (ch 1)
2.) post study guide
3.) create exam
4.) give exam on Wed.
Other:
1.) Submit Midwest proposal (Fri.)
2.) Go to pumpkin patch with my family (Sat.)
3.) Sarah Sokhey’s talk (Mon afternoon)
4.) Lunch with Mike Cohen (Tues)
5.) Mike Cohen’s talk (Wed. afternoon)
Research
- translate and revise dissertation timeline
Classwork
- read for 795
- English 105 quizzes and assignments
TA/RA
- create information sheets of BHPS (app. 15 hours for two weeks)
Other
- prepare for the oral exam (Oct 16 1pm)
- attend meeting for data collection assistance (Tue 5:30pm)
- study Indonesian language (0.5-1hr every day)
- plan a weekend trip to NY
- complete accommodation booking for honeymoon
- wedding timeline and to-do list (if time allows)
Revised To-do list
Research
- translate and revise dissertation timeline
Classwork
- read for 795
- English 105 quizzes and assignments
TA/RA
- create information sheets of BHPS
- read Kuttner and Hobsbawm (maybe Landes) + skim Polanyi, Lindblom, North
- combine students' responses into one word file, make grading criteria with samples
Other
- prepare for the oral exam (Oct 16 1pm)
- attend meeting for data collection assistance (Tue 5:30pm)
- study Indonesian language (0.5-1hr every day)
- plan a weekend trip to NY
- complete accommodation booking for honeymoon
- wedding timeline and to-do list (if time allows)
To Do (by 10/15/2008)
Research
1. Dissertation Timeline
Classes
1. Econ Assignment #2
2. MLM assignment
3. Read Quinton and Shivaji's summaries
Teaching
1. Prepare quiz
Other
1. Prepare for Orals
2. Take Orals (Monday AM)
3. Send out announcement about Stephen Callander/recruit people to come to graduate student meeting
4. Go to Stephen Callander graduate student meeting
(Tuesday 4:15pm)
5. Make Vet appointments for cats
6. Get car fixed
Research
1. Read Bruno Latour "Laboratory Life"
2. Compile list of articles on GMO and nuclear energy debates in U.S.
3. Create dissertation timeline
Teaching
1. Read Chapters 5 and 6 in Shively
2. Prepare Friday's lecture notes
Classwork
1. Finish reading Habermas "Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere"
Other
1. Reschedule oral exams
2. Get data timeline from CX for Neblo's project
3. Schedule doctor's appointment
4. Reorganize home office
5. Return library books
Rebecca
Dissertation:
1. Dissertation timeline
2. Order Cohen and Arato, Civil Society and Political Theory
Classwork:
1. Multilevel Modeling HW and readings
TA:
1. Read chapters for week and attend lectures
OTHER:
1. Study for oral exams
2. Take oral exams
3. Clean office
Dissertation
1. Dissertation timeline
2. 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)
3. Read Callandar article more carefully & look up other Callander work
4. Enter new insurance industry data ASAP and redo cross-tabs
5. Think seriously about outlining health care chapter
Teaching
1. Two classes
2. Get essays Wed & grade them
Other:
1. Send 3 more jobs apps & put NYU stuff online
2. Callandar talk
3. Danielle's talk
3. Mike Cohen's talk
To Do for 10/15:
1. Research
a. Read intro to Southern Politics
2. Class work
a. Write Gunther response paper
b. Do Multilevel Modeling assignment
3. TA work
a. Find European stock market data for SW
b. Finish globalization lit review for SB
4. Other
a. Prep all six generals essays
b. Study for methods orals
Research:
1.) make list of my scholarships, funding sources, what's required for coming year
2.) canvass hard for appropriate review articles
3.) go over Spring slides in detail
4.) read up on factor analysis
5.) finish unpacking office and find rest of research materials
6.) re-read psych notes and paper from spring
7.) reflect on connections between psych paper, prospectus and time in Egypt
8.) read Moaddel ed. book (2007) on values and perceptions in ME
9.) read Advice to Young Scientisst
10.) read 2 ch. of Firebaugh
11.) make spreadsheet timeline (3 pgs.)
12.) gather more poll datasets
13.) go through those poll datasets looking for similar questions
Coursework:
Arabic homework (2 hrs. a day, 6 days a week)
Arabic study group (4 hrs. per week)
Arabic tutoring (1 hr.)
Other:
1.) volunteer for presidential election (3 hrs. each Sunday)
2.) Finish getting paperwork, mtgs. done for summer course credit
3.) install new hardware on laptop and upgrade security
4.) call tech support for my external hard drive and fix it.
To Do by 10/22
Dissertation:
1.) think hard about a theoretical model integrating Hirschman and political economy
2.) finish Grindle
3.) read Kimura
4.) read Rocamora
5.) dissertation timeline
6.) keep writing the grant proposal
7.) 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
Coursework:
Mutilevel Modeling readings
Other:
1.) re-establish contact with the League of Municipalities of the Philippines
Next Week:
1.) send a fieldwork summary or a draft proposal to Nick
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
Class
1. MLM HW (due Friday)
2. read Shivaji's and Quentin's papers (due Thursday)
TA
1. Read chapters 5&6; make up lesson plan (due Friday)
2. Grade first exam (due Friday, 10/25)
3. Start reading next chapters and lesson planning (due Friday, 10/25)
Other
1. Get price quote on new lenses for glasses and order new lenses
Research
1. Finish compiling list of articles on GMO and nuclear energy debates.
2. Create dissertation timeline
3. Write 5-page summary of current dissertation idea
4. Submit MPSA abstract
5. Read Feyeraben "Against Method"
Classowrk
1. Finish reading Habermas "The logic of the social sciences"
Teaching
1. Grade exams
2. Read Japan chapter in Shively
Other
1. Reschedule oral exams
2. Get over medicophobia
3. Schedule doctor's appointment
Have Done
1. Read Bruno Latour "Laboratory Life"
2. Read Chapters 5 and 6 in Shively
3. Prepare Friday's lecture notes
4. Finish reading Habermas "Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere"
5. Get data timeline from CX for Neblo's project
6. Reorganize home office
7. Return library books
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