Comments on: CT West Coast dispatch in ’06/07

By: melissa spore

melissa spore — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 06:38:55 +0000

Wait a second. I just tried the same thing with Google Set, putting in 3 institutions where I’ve studied and 2 where I’ve worked. Two of the five were Canadian, and all results were Canadian. I swapped my lesser-known undergraduate college (Marlboro) for University of Virginia, where I spent a summer. Same Canadian results. I deleted 1 Canadian institution (York) and left the better known one (U of Toronto) & listed 4 US schools;finally I got North American results.

No matter how I played around, if two entries were Canadian, all results were Canadian. Google Set believes my academic career is more associated with Redeemer College (Bible, in British Columbia) than anything in the US (despite punching in Columbia, CCNY, UVa, Marlboro and BU in various arrangements).

Is Google Set telling me that once an academic crosses the border there’s no going back?

By: John Quiggin

John Quiggin — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 06:37:05 +0000

Congratulations, Eszter!

By: Crooked Timber » » Dance-off

Crooked Timber » » Dance-off — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 01:13:12 +0000

[...] PS. If anyone knows of good clubs in the Stanford area, I am curious to hear as I would like to continue doing this when I’m out there next year. [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 01:11:05 +0000

First- congratulations! As a Peninsula native now living in China, please enjoy the warm climate and fresh food for me.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:06:14 +0000

Eszter, congratulations!!

By: Dan Nexon

Dan Nexon — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 19:50:38 +0000

I saw the announcement when it came over the CITASA listserv some time ago. Many congratulations! For those who don’t get the significance, Eszter’s name is being added to the roles of one of the most distinguished group of scholars in the social sciences and humanities.

As for google shares, inputting my affiliations confirmed what I already knew about my network position in the American academy. :-)