The Kore Award

The Kore Award

I mentioned this on Facebook and Twitter a couple of weeks ago when I found out, but now I can finally say something here as well! A few months ago, I told you that my dissertation committee wanted me to submit my work for consideration for an award in my field. I am delighted to report that I won the Kore Award for Best Dissertation in Women and Mythology! The Association for the Study of Women and Mythology gives out this award only once every two years. I’m thrilled beyond measure that my dissertation was selected.

I cannot thank the ASWM enough. I am so pleased and moved by their appreciation. Now back to work!

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On Finishing

May 4, 2012

I originally wrote this essay in response to a challenge to explain what woodworking means to me. With the official hooding ceremony for my PhD only ten days away, I thought this was an appropriate time to post it, since it discusses the connection between the two. There’s something you need to know: I have [...]

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How to cope when the romance wears off your longterm project

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I promised a while back that I’d do a post on ways to reinvest in longterm projects when you’ve lost momentum. At long last, here it is! There frequently comes a point in long-term projects when the work we were once so passionate about becomes associated with stress, sleeplessness, and dread. The big picture is [...]

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Myth and Storytelling at the Atlanta Film Festival

March 20, 2012

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Call me doctor!

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My post on re-investing in longterm projects that have gone stale is going to be delayed a bit longer, but for a rather lovely reason: I successfully defended my dissertation a week ago today! I am now a PhD. The momentum of that achievement has driven some other projects forward as well, and I am [...]

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Some new ways to think about apathy

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Claiming Your Expertise

January 17, 2012
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Alright, so here’s something fun I have to tell you about: I participated in a workshop by The Op Ed Project last week through the Center for Women at Emory University. “The OpEd Project is an initiative to expand the range of voices we hear from in the world, with an immediate focus on increasing [...]

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Notes from a writing life

January 7, 2012
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Presenting at PCA/ACA 2012

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I’ll be presenting my paper, “Beauty and the Geek: Fairy tale logic and Reality TV” at the PCA/ACA National Conference in Boston, MA, April 11-14, 2012. This paper (abstract below) is an excerpt from one of my dissertation chapters. Hope to see you there! This case study interrogates the pervasive role of fairy tale logic [...]

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Best of the Web: Tips for Creating Your Best Workday

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I want to share with you some of the articles and books I’ve found most inspiring and useful in restructuring my own workflow, and I want to make the following suggestion for getting the most out of reading them: Write down one tip that resonates with you and try to implement it this month. Make [...]

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