bad bad researcher

Projects on tap right now: CCS Conference paper on the impaired citizenship of women. Proposal for paper for the Thomas Watson Conference. Reworking chapter on Arab Spring for publication. Charity and Citizenship paper (damnit).

What I Did Today/Recently

I've been bad at updating as I work, so now I'm stuck trying to remember what I've been working on. Let this be a lesson to others, and myself. (This will happen again.)

Citizenship

I did in fact go to Wayne State. Finished up my time with Regime of the Brother, and confirmed that it will be, at best, marginally useful. I started to read Women and Citizenship, but ran out of time. I looked up some articles, and took notes on those as well. One was a senior thesis project doing a feminist reading of Brave, which wasn't itself useful, but directed me to a couple of other sources. I requested a copy of a Gillan Youngs article from Wayne's library. There's a Foss and Griffin piece on "invitational rhetoric" that I still want to look at, I think. 

I looked over my various internet source, finally. Took quite a few notes. Some of the sources are clearly affiliated with other institutions, which will help when I go talk to Student Life. I can make it clear that I'm talking about something that happens at this school, but not ONLY at this school. And I can make it clear I'm not looking to present anyone in a negative light.  

I went for a very long walk on Friday and talked through the tentative outline for this project, and then got that down on paper when I got back home. So, while I'm not comfortably far with this project, I have made satisfying progress. 

Arab Spring & Thomas Watson

Ain't done a thing.   

Charity 

I heard back from the editors of the journal I submitted this piece to. I realize that publishing is a numbers game. The publication I do have was the result of two years work, and it was accepted by, I think, the third journal we tried. Still, getting a rejection, even a nice one, is disheartening. It's not unexpected, and I don't really disagree with them. It's just that it was nice having this off my plate. Now it's back.

So now I need to print out the feedback the reviewers sent me, and take a look at that. And start looking for a new venue to try. Hard to be more specific without viewing the review comments.  

Next Steps

1. (STILL) Re-read Chapter 1 of Azoulay. 
2. Finish The Regime of the Brother 
3. Finish reading Women & Citizenship for Citizenship
4. Sort through my various internet sources for Citizenship
5. Keep thinking about how to approach the Thomas Watson panel. 
6. (STILL) Print the Arab Spring chapter and do a markup of what's worth keeping and what has to be fixed. 
7. Talk with Student Life about Citizenship
8. Look at my feedback on the Charity piece (damnit!)