Academic Writing Category
The quiet parts of academia
Posted on March 27, 2023 Leave a Comment
I like the quiet parts of academia.Quiet offices and libraries.Staring out windows, the noise outside dulled by a windowpane.Quiet reading and thinking. (Sometimes thoughts are noisy, though.)Quiet writing, except for the clanking of keys, of course, but even that is punctuated by pauses.The quiet parts are my favorite. They’re much different from inboxes, which are […]
Taking pride in what we do as scholars
Posted on November 30, 2017 Leave a Comment
With the grave implications of the Republican tax bill for graduate students and freedom of speech on campus under fire, it’s easy to get down on what it means to be a scholar today. That being said, the editorial in the August issue of the Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) provides some much-needed inspiration. Markus […]
Oliver S. Crocco 