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Princeton Prof Makes Awesome Intro Syllabus
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
by Vivienne Chen
Creating a class syllabus is sort of a work of academic art. Some may fancy David Foster Wallace’s course handouts, but Professor Gayle Salamon, who teaches Intro to Gender Studies and a course in Queer Theory, has her own flair for explaining to newcomers the expectations on her assigned essays. An excerpt: Questions that Professor
- Published in Academics
Stuff Professors Say On The First Day Of Class
Thursday, 07 February 2013
by Vivienne Chen
While Day 1 is usually just handing out syllabi and making awkward “name-year-major” introductions, sometimes professors get a little bit colorful with their intros on the first week of classes. Sam Wang (NEU 101): “Please, no tattoos or unremovable piercings above the waist in the fMRI. Otherwise those piercings… will become removable.” Darcy Steinke (CWR
- Published in Academics
My Professor Says…
Friday, 19 February 2010
by Samantha Pergadia
“I came into this room yesterday and someone had been watching a movie. I imagine it was a Princeton student because of the eloquent words inscribed on the board. The comment was a short, 2-word Haiku: ‘Fuck Subtitles.’ ” – P. Adams Sitney, Professor of Visual Arts image source: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~dpd/Sabbat/2007/03.28-04.05.07CelebrationsAndPeople/P1100011.jpg
- Published in Faculty