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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Tom Cruise on Teaching Writing
In honor of my last full day at the UH Writing Center, a job that I have thoroughly enjoyed and learned from during my three years there, here’s a spoof interview with Tom Cruise on teaching composition: [h/t to Michelle … Continue reading
Stated vs Revealed Preferences: Health Care Edition
In social science, much research centers on the idea of preferences. Preferences are a key element of decision theory, which suggests that individuals have some order of preference over a set of outcomes. More generally, we can think of such … Continue reading
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What is the purpose of professional conferences?
Having just returned from a pleasant trip to WPSA 2011, I thought it would be appropriate to return to the intended question-and-answer format. Last night I was fortunate enough to have dinner with some friends of my mentor who were … Continue reading
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WPSA 2011
The 2011 Conference of the Western Political Science Association starts today in San Antonio, TX. I’ll be there this evening and presenting tomorrow and Saturday. Dr. Kennedy and I will present a more quantitative version of what we did in … Continue reading
Sidenote: Mexico Agonistes
Duncan Currie writes this about Mexico’s drug violence and its relation to political and economic issues in National Review Online: Drug seizures make for good photo-ops, but they rarely have a big impact on the DTOs [Drug-Trafficking Organizations--md]. By contrast, … Continue reading
Orientalism and Globalization
Since the last post was about nationalism, it seems logical to take a step into the international system. This post will do so in two ways, by looking at international relations through a colonial/post-colonial framework known as Orientalism, and then … Continue reading
Nationalism, Briefly Described
It’s a little unfair to ask people to comment on the viability of this endeavor with only one post*–or even two, really–so I thought I’d add another to give it some more flavor. Still kinda on a DC high–went to … Continue reading
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You study politics, right?
Right, sort of.* I study a few very specific aspects of politics: political violence, religion-and-politics, and the Middle East. Obviously there is a substantial of overlap between these three fields, and when that occurs I am doubly or even triply … Continue reading
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