Thanks to the advocacy of previous graduate students, our school changed the structure of the English Ph.D. comprehensive exams from a 5-hour, in-person essay test to a take-home, multiday writing test. We still have questions that test the breadth and depth of our knowledge, but now we’ll be answering them in a way that more closely reflects how we actually do scholarly work. Today I …
Author: Heather Flyte
2023.08.13 – media_log
I spent most of today grading papers and prepping for my comp exams, which start tomorrow. I didn’t spend much time online and only posted two humorous things on Facebook. I’m going to need a really good reason to put those social media apps back on my phone. Nobody ever questioned where that database holding 10,000 hours of Olive Garden commercials was located. Now we …
2023.08.12 – media_log
I’ve been moving my research notes and memos into Obsidian. I like the simple Markdown files that are kept on my computer first, then synched, and the wiki-style linking between notes and topics. Also, moving the notes is a great way to review them before my exams start on Monday. The most important story:Police stage ‘chilling’ raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and …