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Status clarification
I was with Cornell, latterly as an Adjunct, up until recently. Regulars will recall I lost my teaching job there this summer (Masters level stats class), after being replaced a feminist lawyer.
Since I have been claiming the credential on my CV, I wrote in April asking about my Adjunct status. Last Friday I received the terse email “The college administration says the term of on appointment has lapsed.” I have, I hope, removed all claims of current Adjunct status from my CV, etc. But it was valid at least through 2016, and I had thought through at least this summer, which is why on older material you will see it referenced.
A feminist lawyer? Teaching Statistics? Gadzooks, the mind still boggles!
Do you consider it an honor to no longer be at Cornell? I certainly would. That’s a resume enhancer. Maybe things will be looking up now.
There’s a singer seeking funds to prove the earth is flat? Wow! I imagine when B.o.B. gets his satellite rolling he’ll think very differently.
I have already translated one of your blog posts to Portuguese because I wanted to share it with Brazilians. It was the Laverne Cox one, and I didn’t have much success, which I reckon is because if any of the Facebook pages I asked to share it had actually published it, they’d risk being removed. But the point is that I can try doing this to some more of your ‘classics’ that I liked, which could get you some audience. I’ll tally up some of my favorites and work on them in my spare time.
Please see if you can get Amazon to make the eBook of Uncertainty available in Brazil. Currently our version of Amazon (amazon.com.br) does have your book listed, but it’s only one (1) hardcover copy that they imported and are selling at a pretty high markup.
I imagine that when his satellite is up, B.o.B. will be angry that even the guys he trusted to build it were also in the pockets of Big Globe.
So the title … are there two ways to read it?
I bought your book, Dr. Briggs, and I am enjoying it.