Mark Rice
I’m interested in photography, mapping, and archives, among many other things.
He/him
- There are two kinds of people in the world: those who would start an email Hi, Mark. and those who would start it Hi Mark, (I only ever want to see the second one.)
- So I took a quick look at the study discussed in the Chronicle Review that lambasts the field of American Studies because of what articles are published in American Quarterly. Why did I do it? Maybe because I'm home sick with COVID (day 4) and I'm bored. Anyway... 1/5
- ...Here's what I found: Of the 9 articles from the first issue of American Quarterly analyzed, only 1 of the authors teaches in an AMST program. I'm not surprised by that at all, but it seems to suggest that the real beef of that report ought to be with AQ, not with AMST as a field. 2/5
- I have a hunch that if I bothered to look at the rest of the issues of AQ analyzed, a similar pattern would be found. I don't mean this as a criticism of AQ. The report, "The Distortion of American Studies," does acknowledge in its subtitle that it uses AQ as its lens of analysis. 3/5
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View full threadFinally, the authors of the study--neither of who has a degree in American Studies--have taken upon themselves the task of telling folks what American Studies majors ought to study. I guess that would sort of be like me telling my colleagues in the Business school what they ought to teach. 5/5
- Fox 9 MN reporter Paul Blume: "SHOCKING FEDERAL COURT MOMENT: DOJ attorney Julie Le, 'The system sucks, this job sucks' to Judge Jerry Blackwell who pressed her on why so many court orders are being ignored by ICE/Trump admin. She asked to be held in contempt just so she could get 24 hours of sleep"
