As avid readers of this blog will know, I am working on my departmental honors research this semester. I am studying the ways in which masculinity is represented in Will Ferrell films and the ways that male undergraduates use quotes from Will Ferrell films in their performance of masculinity (whoo! long topic!). The time has [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Writing the first (but not rough) draft …
Posted in All Things American, Honors Anyone?, Research and such, UMBC, tagged American Studies, IRB, research, UMBC, URCAD, Will Ferrell on April 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Campaign Team ASSEMBLE!
Posted in UMBC, tagged Campus Life, SGA, Steve and Toks Campaign, student government, student life, UMBC on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So I’ve been working on Steve’s campaign team for the past few weeks and I’ve got to say, it’s been really really fun. Everyone on the team has such great ideas and Steve has been working so hard to get everything done (on top of his homework … poor boy is so beat right now [...]
Oh There’s Nothing Halfway About The Iowa Way To Greet You!
Posted in All Things American, UMBC, tagged Graduate School, teaching assistant, UMBC, University of Iowa on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Guess what! Guess what! Guess what! I GOT INTO THE AMERICAN STUDIES PhD PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA! Woohoo! Grad School, here I come! I also have been offered a teaching assistantship to teach three sessions of Freshman Rhetoric, so that will help pay for school as well! I AM SO HAPPY! I can’t [...]