Interview-Based Field Research for First-Timers
At the request of the beginning PhD students here, I am giving a presentation on interview-based field research this morning. It’s really very sketchy—there is just no way that I can do this topic...
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Teaching Counterinsurgency to Undergraduates
Today is the counterinsurgency class in Southeast Asian Politics. I don’t relish teaching this class—even though I’m assigning my own work—because it is a sad topic. Here is a lecture slide that always...
View ArticleWikis as Teaching Tools: A Reflection
A confession: I tend to have quite a bit of disdain for “teaching with technology.” Call me old fashioned, but I don’t see the point in many of the teaching innovations that technology is supposed to...
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Three in One, Almost Done
This is my job! It’s early May, and that means that this semester’s teaching is finally done. Phew. This has been the heaviest teaching semester that I’ve ever had: one 65+ person lecture plus two...
View ArticleThe Loneliness of the Long Dissertation Writer
At this time of year I find myself talking to students considering PhD programs who are interested in my own advice on whether or not pursuing a PhD is a good idea. One question that has come up...
View ArticleSomething’s Rotten in Exchange Programs with Chinese Universities
Here are some stylized facts about Chinese universities. Cheating among students is rampant Faculty turnover is high Instructors are overworked Administration and oversight of teaching and pedagogy is...
View ArticleGraduate Study in Southeast Asian Politics at Cornell: Advice for Prospective...
Around this time of year, I find myself writing a lot of emails to people interested in graduate study in Cornell’s Government Department or the Southeast Asia Program. The majority of these emails...
View ArticleAcademic Job Market Notes
Two recent posts about the academic job market for political science PhDs are worth a read: Chris Blattman‘s search committee notes give a good demand side perspective, and Nate Jensen has some useful...
View ArticleAcademic Job Market Notes (Followup)
A scan of my web stats shows that my recent Academic Job Market Notes post has already received more traffic than any other single post in the past 12 months, and almost twice as many pageviews as its...
View ArticleSEAREG 2013 Rundown
Just three months ago, I announced the formation of the Southeast Asia Research Group. I’m happy to report that our inaugural meeting was held at Duke on May 24-25. By all accounts it was a smashing...
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