Historiann | History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present
Novel Readings – Rohan Amanda Maitzen – Reader, Professor, Critic
Book and Sword – felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas
Description: Life, the universe and academia
My father – himself a long-time academic administrator – had a cartoon he had posted on a bulletin board, featuring several business-suit wearing men, looking more than a bit terrified and bedraggled, struggling to keep themselves out of the maws of several alligators taking up the terrain below their dangling feet. The caption read “When you’re up to your ass in alligators, it’s difficult to remember that your first objective was to drain the swamp.” These days, “drain the swamp” has a different connotatio
Hazards abound in working life – many of them surfacing with no ill-intent. The other day I got an email politely asking about when a pending report could be expected. *CHOMP* It felt as if an alligator was suddenly underfoot, even if I knew well that responsibility was on my shoulders. It had been such a pleasant 36 hours with only one immediate crisis to manage. . . .
The learning curve for serving as Director is steep. That I spent my first month in the role covering for another major set of responsibilities in the Faculty stretched me thin for time. The final straw was squeezing in prep for a new course that I ran in the fall term: Games and History.
Historiann | History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present
Novel Readings – Rohan Amanda Maitzen – Reader, Professor, Critic
Book and Sword – felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas