Like Sally, I'll be switching projects mid-month. Actually my first project needs to be finished this week. So late this week I'll choose a new one.
My first project is a second round of revisions for a book chapter on promoting undergraduate research in English departments. I'm drawing on interviews with students I've interviewed who have given papers at local or national conferences, published poems, essays, etc. I'm also discussing the available venues specifically for undergrads to publish/present their scholarly work in English studies areas in comparison to what venues are usually promoted on English department websites (I looked at a sample of 75). I finish with recommendations of how English faculty can do more to motivate students and make them aware of their opportunities. The editors wanted me to add a section with some specific advice about creating a department webpage to promote Undergrad Research in English studies. The organization of this article has undergone major shifts and has been challenging--I think partly because of the different sorts of data I'm drawing from and partly because of changing ideas (from me and the editors) about what should go where. This has been a struggle and I'm looking forward to finishing up although I do expect another quick round of editing changes requested once I get this revision to the editors.
2 comments:
That's great that you are so close! It is frustrating when editors change their ideas on you. I had that happen on a project. Still holding my breadth to see if the latest goes through. And your work times look good too.
Hey! I like your topic for your chapter! Any chance you would share that with me? We could also use some judges at the Student Research Conference February 21, 2009 from the humanities :-)
I think this blogging together is going to be fun as well as educational!
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