- Make me explain the articles/books I read.
- Read critically my uploaded responses; tell me when/where my writing is weak, unclear, illogical, ambiguous, jargony, wordy, etc.
- Workshop my personal statements.
Summer Goals 2014
Edit
1. Ph.D apps
- Decide on programs (around 10?)
- Research faculty interests
- Write two (2) personal statements
- Update CV; think about letters of recommendation
2. Read
- Economic philosophy
- Rhetoric/Composition takes on issues of economy
- (Figure out specific reading material over the next couple of weeks)
3. Annotate at least one (1) source per week (articles) and at least 3-4 books over the course of the summer, probably dealing with issues of economics in the field of rhetoric/composition
4. Revise 551 and 601 papers; revise Horner paper for Watson (October 16-18)
5. Study for language exam; register by June 2 for test on June 14.
Summer Syllabus 2014Edit
Week 1 (May 12-May 18)
-McCloskey, Dierdre. "The Rhetoric of Economics." http://www.jstor.org.echo.louisville.edu/stable/2724987
-McCloskey, Dierdre. "The Rhetoric of Economics, Revisted." http://www.jstor.org.echo.louisville.edu/stable/40325788
-McCloskey, Dierdre. "The Rhetoric of Law and Economics." http://www.jstor.org.echo.louisville.edu/stable/1289214
-BOOKS: (reading through Mid-June)
From Here to Economy: A Shortcut to Economic Literacy, Todd Buchholz (check out)
The Rhetoric of Economics, Dierdre McCloskey (check out)
Week 2 (May 19-May 25)
-Karjanen, David. "Opposition to the Living Wage: Discourse, Rhetoric, and American Exceptionalism." http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.echo.louisville.edu/doi/10.1111/j.1548-1417.2010.01037.x/abstract (PDF)
Week 3 (May 26-June 1)
-Excerpts from Congdon, Tim. Money in a Free Society: Keynes, Friedman, and the New Crisis in Capitalism. (check out)
Week 4 (June 2-June 8)
-Kemple, Thomas. "Spirits of Late Capitalism." http://tcs.sagepub.com.echo.louisville.edu/content/24/3/147.full.pdf+html (PDF)
Week 5 (June 9-June15) Workshop 1: CVs
-Adkins, Lisa. "The New Economy, Property, and Personhood." http://tcs.sagepub.com.echo.louisville.edu/content/22/1/111.full.pdf+html (PDF)
-Gupta, Akhil. "The Song of the Nonaligned World: Transnational Identities and the Reinscription of Space in Late Capitalism." http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.echo.louisville.edu/store/10.1525/can.1992.7.1.02a00050/asset/can.1992.7.1.02a00050.pdf?v=1&t=huvq3k34&s=efd4ce5402d588c9cb1f643d431ba1bc48bfc45a (PDF)
Week 6 (June 16-June 22)
-Jameson, Fredric. "The Brick and the Balloon." http://newleftreview.org.echo.louisville.edu/I/228/fredric-jameson-the-brick-and-the-balloon-architecture-idealism-and-land-speculation (PDF)
-BOOKS:
Bourgeios Identity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World, Dierdre McCloskey
Week 7 (June 23-June 29)
-White, Michael. "Turbulence and Turmoil in the Market or the Language of Financial Crisis." (PDF)
Week 8 (June 30-July 6)
Monday
Friday: Workshop 2: Personal/Teaching Statements
Week 9 (July 7-July 13)
Monday
Friday
Week 10 (July 14-July 20)
Monday
Friday
Week 11 (July 21-July 27)
Monday
Friday
· Workshop: Writing Sample
Week 12 (July 28-August 3)
Monday
Friday
Week 13 (August 4-August 10)
Monday
Friday
· Workshop: Whatever is left
Week 14 (August 11-August 17)
Monday
Friday
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