http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/ en Copyright 2009 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:46:32 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The past year yielded several events in the academic job search, ending with buying a new (old) house in Joplin.

]]> http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2009/07/the_road_to_harvard_ends_in_jo.html http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2009/07/the_road_to_harvard_ends_in_jo.html academic job search Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:46:32 -0600 In the grand tradition of Mark Twain (The Innocents Abroad) and numerous less famous Americans, we recently toured “the Holy Land.” Norty picked this as the year to make our long-desired trip, and Terry did the planning.

]]> http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2009/07/trip_to_israel_palestine_jorda.html http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2009/07/trip_to_israel_palestine_jorda.html recreation and travel Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:12:38 -0600 We spent a wonderful two weeks from late December to early January visiting our four grandkids (and their parents).

]]> http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2009/01/visiting_grandkids.html http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2009/01/visiting_grandkids.html family Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:06:49 -0600 Life in Joplin is good. We are renting a roomy house within a mile of the university, and the city has pretty much everything we need or want -- except for an Indian restaurant.

]]> http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2008/12/life_in_joplin.html http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2008/12/life_in_joplin.html daily life Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:45:39 -0600 Having both forgotten our 20th wedding anniversary (unbelievable, but true), we decided to celebrate our 22nd with a bed-and-breakfast getaway to Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

]]> http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2008/11/celebrating_anniversary_in_eur.html http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2008/11/celebrating_anniversary_in_eur.html family Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:46:57 -0600 That’s what (almost) two-year-old grandson Drew has learned to say over the past month, although his actual mental picture of his grandfather’s whereabouts is uncertain.

]]> http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2008/07/yeye_in_china.html http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2008/07/yeye_in_china.html missing China Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:20:40 -0600 The Center for Talented Youth has hired me to teach in Nanjing again this summer.

]]> http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2008/06/back_to_china_1.html http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2008/06/back_to_china_1.html missing China Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:22:53 -0600 It’s Plan E for 2008-09!

]]> http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2008/06/good_news_on_the_job_front.html http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2008/06/good_news_on_the_job_front.html academic job search Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:20:43 -0600 On March 6, an acquisitions editor at Stanford University Press invited me to submit my book manuscript.

]]> http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2008/05/good_news_on_the_publication_f.html http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2008/05/good_news_on_the_publication_f.html academic job search Thu, 29 May 2008 21:00:20 -0600 Allison was born to Travis and (especially) Karen in December.

]]> http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2008/02/another_grandkid.html http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2008/02/another_grandkid.html family Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:51:26 -0600 Hanyu laoshi is Chinese for ... "Chinese teacher."

]]> http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2008/02/hanyu_laoshi.html http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2008/02/hanyu_laoshi.html teaching Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:36:52 -0600 As academics and people close to them know, getting a revised dissertation published as a book is an important component of career strategy.

]]> http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2008/02/another_road_to_harvard.html http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2008/02/another_road_to_harvard.html academic job search Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:07:34 -0600 I have always said it is a good idea life to have a backup plan - Plan B - in case the primary plan doesn't work out.

]]> http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2007/12/plan_d.html http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2007/12/plan_d.html academic job search Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:22:39 -0600 No, I didn't find my dream job - yet.

]]> http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2007/12/i_won.html http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2007/12/i_won.html daily life Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:13:08 -0600 No, I have not joined the National Rifle Association. This is my third season applying for academic jobs, but (except for the summer job at CTY) my first really serious effort.

]]> http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2007/09/hunting.html http://nortonwheeler.com/harvard/2007/09/hunting.html academic job search Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:03:00 -0600