Assignments for the next two weeks...

Well I cannot sleep, so I was thinking to myself I should blog about it. Being in a Ph.D. program, is like juggling... You are always just waiting for a ball to drop. So like so many of the blogs I read, I am going to write my assignments out like a recipe. I think sometimes when I tell people I have homework to do, it is hard to conceptualize what that is... so here is what I have due by March 2... Please know, that this is not a complaint, I actually enjoy my program and all of my classes! But sometimes I feel as though people do not know what I am doing... so this is just for informational purposes... and maybe to show why I am single... and barely have time to take care of my little Chanel :-) Experimental Design
-Complete a Take home exam for experimental design
-Study in prep for an in class exam over Chapter 1-6 (p. 1-207) with knowledge of how to use SAS code, SPSS, and the hand written formulas. Exam will be 3 hours in length and taken on a computer.

Race and Ethnicity

-Topic: Colorblindness/Anglo Conformity (readings)

- Education Development in the Black Community p.51-57

- The End of Racism p. 163-243

- Race and Culture: A World View p. 111-125

Write a Reaction paper synthesizing common themes throughout the readings

Also, develop a 3-5 page abstract on a theoretical innovative perspective in which I will apply a theory used in class to a given racial issue in the United States.

Organizational Theory

-Topic: Contingency, Configuration, Congruence (readings)

-Here I have 6 journal articles to read and prepare for in class discussion (Approx 150 pages)

Then the next week...

-Topic: Systems Theory, Complexity Theory

-Here I have 6 articles, about the same amount, but I am presenting, with two other Ph.D. students and we will create a handout and lead a 3 hour discussion over the topic. I am fortunate that I have great partners in this, so it will not be to bad...

-Also have a paper due... This is an innovation paper, which is a theoretical paper which allows me to propose an innovative topic in Organizational Theory. I have to have 2-3 novel propositions and a brief and concise explanation of what they are novel and likely to be true.

Finally, I have my research meetings which are conducted on the phone with my research professor, my teaching hours and office hours. So in the next two weeks, I will have 4 lesson preps, since it is a new course, 6 office hours, 3 mandatory meanings... and a partridge and a pear tree!!! But please do not worry, all of the Ph.D. students still had time for a Wine tasting last night and know how to have a good time! Below is a picture of my fellow cohort member (Josh) and I at a friends weddings... Did not have a picture from the wine tasting, but there were some cute one's taken... so hopefully I can show everyone a picture of the first and second years. We have a great group!

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