emoryenglishphd Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Why did you apply? If you've been accepted, or even rejected, feel free to ask me anything about it. Strong Flat White 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porridge Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Sounds like a loaded question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwendolyn Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I don't know what to make of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porridge Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Okay, I bite, OP: how do you feel about Emory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoryenglishphd Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 One professor, a highly respected one, maybe even a professor you mentioned in a statement of purpose, once told a seminar that Cormac McCarthy's _Blood of Meridian_ is anti-imperalist because McCarthy uses the Spanish language. Every graduate student agreed with her. davidm and Laokoon 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoryenglishphd Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 One professor, a highly respected one, maybe even a professor you mentioned in a statement of purpose, agreed with grad students in the seminar that creative approaches to criticism had nothing to do with feminist and minority approaches to self-identification. Laokoon, davidm and Catzrael 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoryenglishphd Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 One professor, a highly respected one, maybe even a professor you mentioned in a statement of a purpose, refused to allow ASL or indigenous language courses to count as part of graduate students' "foreign" language requirements. Catzrael, davidm and Laokoon 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoryenglishphd Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 One professor, who you probably thought you'd want to work for, once drunkenly told a student that he only wanted her to take a certain course because he "wanted to write an article" with her. The course she took didn't end up counting for the distribution requirement he promised her. Catzrael, Laokoon and davidm 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porridge Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Have you been dismissed from the program? asleepawake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoryenglishphd Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 Two professors, who you probably admire, decided that African-Americanists should TA for for Early Modern courses while their white counterparts TA'd for Americanist courses. The African-American students subsequently TA'd for Mark Bauerlein. Look him up. davidm, Catzrael and Laokoon 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoryenglishphd Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 No Latte, I'm very much a part of the program. In fact, I'm considered one of the top students. I'm disgusted by that. Yes, I realize it's easy to ask: why didn't you just leave? I'll ask you this: why would you leave a "top program" that pays so much? I have no where else to go. I have no interest in giving up the stipend. I have no where else to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoryenglishphd Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 Another professor, who ya'll probably respect, looked at students' potential composition syllabi and asked, "What are you good at?" The replies varied from rollerblading and wearing a jean jacket. These responses, one of them a Fulbright scholar, indicate how much the students respected the professor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoryenglishphd Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 For those of you rejected by Emory: don't feel bad, It's not a good program. For those of you thinking about accepting Emory's offer: don't believe L. Otis's claims about President James Wagner. The English department is guilty of the same things. I wish someone had told me the truth from the beginning. Gwendolyn, Catzrael and anotheremoryphd 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotheremoryphd Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I'm also an Emory PhD, albeit not in English, but in a very closely related field. I take English seminars and work with English professors. I'm also friends with many of the English students. My impression is that they are for the most part happy with the program. OP's opinion is far from being the norm. In fact, I am shocked to read these accusations, many of which don't make sense anyway. We don't know the context for any of these situations. A student's advisor might have prohibited a student from applying a language to his/her requirements because it wasn't relevant to the student's research interests. So for what it's worth: my take on the English program is that it is collegial, supportive and filled with professors who care about the graduate students' well-being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComeBackZinc Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 asleepawake, yellow.wallpaper, Porridge and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asleepawake Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 squire_western and Taco Superior 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Espressos Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 The African-American students subsequently TA'd for Mark Bauerlein. Look him up. I know I'm entering a minefield here, but I want to hear more about this. What's wrong with Bauerlein? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnmcclur Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I'm not even attending Emory this fall. But, suddenly.... I really, really want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drol Noryb Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I know I'm entering a minefield here, but I want to hear more about this. What's wrong with Bauerlein? Not much, except I did try to read his Dumbest Generation a few years ago and was wholly unimpressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrockford27 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) This thread is golden. Absolutely golden. By that, I might mean "tacky and overinflated in value." Without a trace of sarcasm I say, I'm not sure. Edited March 13, 2013 by jrockford27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Espressos Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Not much, except I did try to read his Dumbest Generation a few years ago and was wholly unimpressed. I have that book on loan from the library. I'll let you know what I think when (if?) I read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drol Noryb Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I have that book on loan from the library. I'll let you know what I think when (if?) I read it. When you get around to it, definitely let me know your thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisajay Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 just looked that book up... & now i'm sad. too bad goodreads doesn't have a "will never ever read" shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drol Noryb Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 just looked that book up... & now i'm sad. too bad goodreads doesn't have a "will never ever read" shelf. Whoever ended up with my copy got treated to the most vulgar margin notes in margin note history. lisajay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisajay Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Whoever ended up with my copy got treated to the most vulgar margin notes in margin note history. & just like that, i'm happy again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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