Monday, February 9, 2009

Feb 16th Updates Here

No meeting this week, but updates still due.

7 comments:

Soundarya said...

DONE:

1) Finish and submit OIA application (DONE)
2) Start working on memo for 826 (BEGUN)
3) Decide what to read for the next two weeks (NOT DONE)
4) Look up World Bank Social Capital page for data and papers (BEGUN)
5) Email:
University of Toronto about workshop (NOT DONE)
Hans Blomkvist for Agora survey data (DONE)
Michael Fligner about Stat Minor (DONE)
ABVP contacts (NOT DONE)
OIA for grant info (NOT DONE)
6) Find about about IRB procedures (BEGUN)
7) Grade exams (STILL DOING)

TO DO:
1) Work on memo for 826
2) Decide reading list
3) Sift through World Bank papers to see what is useful
4) Look up state capacity literature, specifically on India
5) Search for data on economic competition patterns in Indian labour market
6) Read about regional differences in the patterns of lower caste mobilization
7) Meet Patty Shoults
8) Attend Corstange talk on Friday Feb. 20
9) Read the other workshop memos
10) Finish grading
11) Set up meeting with Amanda Clifford

Miryam said...

Done
1. Research
Read Tullock intro and conclusion, and anything else that might be helpful (DONE)
Pick four articles from the stack and read them (DONE)
Work on connecting holes in literature to my emerging theory, and decide if all I’m doing is arguing legitimacy or if something else is going on
Read more fraud articles (2 DONE)
Meet with Amanda (DONE)
Begin figuring out what we’re going to present (DONE)
Write PFF essay (DONE)
2. Class Work
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3. Teaching
Write Wednesday 2/11 and Monday 2/16 lectures (DONE)
4. Other
Gym 3 times (DONE)
Find vases (Fail)

To Do by 2/23
1. Research
Keep writing about what happens between a regime’s decision to hold elections and electoral defeat
Meet with Irfan about same
Write beginning of lit review on fraud
Write beginning of theory on fraud
Read Hyde ch. in fraud book to see if it’s different from article
Read another 4 articles from the stack
Read intro and conclusion from any book that looks like it might be relevant
Set up meeting with Marcus
2. Class work
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3. Teaching
Write Wednesday 2/18 and Monday 2/23 lectures
Peer observation with Nina
PFF observation with Irfan?
4. Other
Get rings
Remember to do something about the ketubah
Remind Will to remind guys about tuxes

FILI said...

Jiwon

To do by Feb 15

1. Write Summaries: Honna book [Not done], Cribb chapter [Done], Robinson chapter [Done]
2. Read Burns 1988 [Done]
3. Read McGregor 2008 [Done]
4. Read Wilson 2001 [Done]
5. Read Davis 2005 [Done]
6. Read Teitel 2003 [Done]
7. Read Loss - intro [Done], Sanders and Nichanian chapters [Not done]
8. Read Complex Political Victims (~p92) [Done Ch 1,2,3]

Classwork
1. Read for 826 [Done]

TA/RA work
1. Whatever assigned [Done]

Other
1. Beginning Indonesian chapter 13 [Done]
2. Translation [Barely done]
3. Korean school [Vacation]
4. Post office [Not done]


To do by Feb 22

Research
1. Write summaries: Honna, Osiel, Wilson, Teitel, Budiawan
2. Read Siegel 2001
3. Read Robinson 1998/2001
3. Read Cribb 2002
4. Read Ch 4,5 in Complex Political Victims
5. Read Sanders and Nichanian chapters in Loss
6. Read Hayner ~p71

Classwork
1. Write for 826

TA/RA work
1. Merge!

Other
1. Post office
2. Beginning Indonesian chapter 15
3. Work on translation/email to the author
4. Korean school

Rebecca said...

OLD TO DO LIST: February 16th
1. Readings
a. Selnow in Graber 2000 DONE
b. Patterson in Graber 2000 DONE
c. Cook in Graber 2000 DONE
d. Kedrowski in Graber 2000 DONE
e. Hess in Graber 2000
f. Wolfsfield in Graber 2000
g. Hughes 2006
2. search for articles on Columbia and Ecuador constitutions and participatory democracy DONE—READ ONE ARTICLE
3. write for half hour each day MISSED THREE DAYS
4. finish ordering case studies
5. scan int’l and Latin American news DONE

Class:
1.Study Spanish an hour a day DONE
2. Read dissertation workshop memos DONE

RA:
1. PEPP—SWITCHED COURSE; STARTED NEXT ASSIGNMENT
2. 2 hours on 535 syllabus ONE HOUR DONE

Other:
1.Organize recipes
2. Valentine’s Day DONE

NEW TO DO LIST: February 23rd
DISSERTATION:
1. Readings
A. Hess in Graber 2000
B. Wolfsfield in Graber 2000
C. Hughes 2006
D. Aviles 2001
E. Garcia-Gaudilla 2005
2. Write half-hour each day
3. Finish ordering case studies
4. Scan int’l and Latin American news
CLASS
1. Study Spanish an hour a day
RA
1. Child Labor Project
2. Skim 5 readings for 535
Other
1. Get Well

Q said...

To Do By 2/22/08

Dissertation:
1.) outline tasks for Midwest paper
2.) collect regional political variables for panel dataset
3.) turn current prices into constant prices
4.) make a reading list on bureaucratic quality
5.) identify "pro-investment" policies
6.) sit down to work on Marcus's questions

Classwork:
1.) spatial reading (3 articles)
2.) start Homework #2

Teaching:
1.) prep for Monday’s class by reviewing Mueller, Collins, and Bunce
2.) prep for Wed’s class by reviewing McFaul, Hale, and Karatnycky
3.) prepare exam

Other:
1.) The Craig and Alan show
2.) Corstange talk
3.) chili-chocolate cookoff

What I Have Done By 2/15/08

Dissertation:
1.) hand in OIA & Krumm (done)
2.) collect regional political variables for panel dataset
3.) turn current prices into constant prices
4.) make a reading list on bureaucratic quality

Classwork:
1.) spatial reading (3 articles)
2.) finish Homework #1 (done)

Teaching:
1.) prep for Monday’s class (done)
2.) prep for Wednesday’s class (done)
3.) grade and hand back exams (done)

Other:
1.) The Craig and Alan show (done)
2.) eat the Dagwood (NOT done :( )

Anonymous said...

To Do 2/16:
Research: submit paper proposal for Middle East Studies Association November Mtg. (done), meet with Mills on Thurs. on lit review (done), work on the data (project postponed from earlier in January)(under progress), read the Special Subsection of Engaging the Arab Human Development Report 2005 on Women in the IJ Middle East STudies (Feb. 2009)(done), try to schedule and meet with Paxton on topic (emailed q's, hopeful for meeting)
Classwork: Arabic everyday, 2 hours of homework and of vocab (done)memorization, start watching AlJazeera clips (10-15 mins. daily), meet with Arabic homework group (1-2 hours weekly)(done)
Other: install new security on laptop (not yet), check into getting new laptop (ordered), go to registrar's office ID+ (done), get new driver's license (done), go to Nye talk on Wed. (missed)

To Do 2/23:
Research: finish 20 articles for lit review mtg. with Mills on Thursday, complete draft to circulate to 826 group for Sat., finish data work, meet with Corstange, check IRB procedures for interviews, etc., Sociology group Friday
Arabic: daily homework, Al-J clips (15 mins), work on next news report presentation
Other: get security for both laptops, schedule dog annual vet visit

Manday said...

DONE for Feb 16th
Research
1. Record comments from DW [done]
2. Meet with Miryam [done]
3. Read Rethinking Political Institutions (Ed. Shapiro)[done]
4. Read Elections for Sale (ed. Reinner)
5. Review notes from past readings and start incorporating into a lit review (writing task) [done]
6. Try to meet with William if he is back around

Class
1. Study for ECON midterm [done]
2. Don't fail Econ midterm [we'll see]
3. Figure out if taking ECON next quarter will be fruitful

Teaching
1. Write Midterm [done]
2. Grade Midterm [done]

Other
1. get car to mechanic
2. schedule dr appointment
3. write thankyous
4. Friday the 13th... avoid black cats and ladders... [done]
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TO DO for Feb 23
1. write for dw
2. coordinate with miryam for dw
3. read for dw
4. find anthropological-esque case studies
5. work on lit review (writing task)
6. meet with minozzi

Class
1. register for classes
2. econ study group
3. econ homework

Teaching
1. write lecture
2. meet with danielle

Other
1. get car to mechanic (I gave up on everything else)