Archive for the ‘Sabbatical’ Category
My Plans for an Audiovisual Book
As of today, I am officially on leave for the next academic year. I recognize what a privilege it is to get such a leave, as the tradition of the tenured academic position with regular leaves for focused research is becoming more rare and confined to elite institutions (and only some appointments within such institutions […]
Filed under: Academia, Complex TV, digital humanities, Narrative, Open Access, Publishing, Sabbatical, Television, Videographic Criticism | 7 Comments
Tags: breaking bad, character, videographicBB
Heading Back to Europe
The semester is done, and it’s a time of news & transitions. As this blog serves as a kind of public professional archive, I should mention that a couple of weeks ago, I officially was promoted to full professor, making my new title Professor of Film & Media Culture and American Studies. At Middlebury, the […]
Filed under: Academia, Conferences, Media Studies, Middlebury, Sabbatical | 1 Comment
In my pre-Germany post, I mentioned that one of the goals of the year was to provide some “productive disorientation” on the aspects of life I take for granted back in Vermont. Now that I am in my last week in Germany, I can see it has certainly achieved that goal in a wide range […]
Filed under: Academia, Not Quite TV, Sabbatical | 3 Comments
Tags: Göttingen, germany
FAQ on my German Sabbatical
One week from today, I’ll be a (temporary) German resident. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m on sabbatical from Middlebury for the 2011-12 academic year, and I’ll be moving my family to Germany to be on fellowship for a year. I’ve gotten a lot of questions from people about this, both online and face-to-face, so I […]
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Tags: germany
We’re in the countdown mode preparing for our trip to Germany, leaving Vermont on July 31 to settle in Göttingen for the year. But today I leave for a short trip to Germany to speak at the Storyworlds Across Media conference in Mainz, speaking about how television serials have struggled to find ways to incorporate transmedia […]
Filed under: Academia, Narrative, Sabbatical | 8 Comments
Tags: conferences, germany
The Quality of Complexity
I submitted my spring term grades today, which is particularly sweet this year as it marks the unofficial start to my sabbatical–I won’t have teaching responsibilities for the next 15 months! While I do love teaching, I’m definitely ready for a break to refresh, regroup, and research. It will be a busy summer, what with […]
Filed under: Academia, Media Studies, Sabbatical, Television, TV History | 3 Comments
Tags: conferences, evaluation, narrative complexity, quality television
As is my tradition, I’ve waited until the last possible moment to complete the syllabi and course sites for my classes this semester, both of which start meeting tomorrow. I’m teaching Television and American Culture, my annual fall ritual, and a new version of my course on narrative theory, Storytelling in Film & Media. Both […]
Filed under: Academia, Middlebury, Sabbatical, Teaching | 6 Comments
Tags: germany
Just TV 