tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post7177830439294859080..comments2024-03-09T03:20:20.004-05:00Comments on Tenured Radical: Senior Scholars, This Is Your Conscience SpeakingTenured Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05703980598547163290noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-85390850118534231342008-08-29T11:18:00.000-05:002008-08-29T11:18:00.000-05:00anonymous 4:57 --Blog posts like this tend to crea...anonymous 4:57 --<BR/><BR/>Blog posts like this tend to create hurt feelings, which I never understand, because they are so obviously lampoons. When you lampoon behavior, it is never a statement of fact about a certain kind of person. It is a way of saying "don't be this way."<BR/><BR/>And as to your review policy -- you are really unusual, and a model of responsibility. That isn't a lampoon.<BR/><BR/>cheers,<BR/><BR/>TRTenured Radicalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703980598547163290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-20832747719721362292008-08-18T16:57:00.000-05:002008-08-18T16:57:00.000-05:00Tenured Radical -- love your blog -- but please, d...Tenured Radical -- love your blog -- but please, do not paint all of us who are "senior scholars" with the same broad brush stroke. I review every ms. that I receive within 48 hours and get it back to the editor. Usually it is returned within 24 hours. AND I still read the ms. three or four times before I write the review. And just so you know -- for my post tenure I just counted up -- since 2000 I have reviewed over 80 manuscripts. So that is a lot of editors and authors who should be happy about my speediness.<BR/><BR/>This kind of stereotyping does not help relations between the scholarly generations -- know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-19576177715100112792008-08-18T08:43:00.000-05:002008-08-18T08:43:00.000-05:00As the partner of a scholar who was denied tenure ...As the partner of a scholar who was denied tenure due to delayed reviews of his book manuscript, I thank you for writing this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-53837894636448863292008-08-12T10:17:00.000-05:002008-08-12T10:17:00.000-05:00You set high standards. Which I like, Kinda.seanlo...You set high standards. Which I like, Kinda.<BR/><BR/>seanlovelace.comBlogSlothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08286657614256259879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-69367766935057951962008-08-10T13:00:00.000-05:002008-08-10T13:00:00.000-05:00Thank you! I have been waiting for comments since ...Thank you! I have been waiting for comments since up January, and I finally got the nerve to call the big wigs in the sky only to hear it would be another month, a month and a half ago. I figure I can't afford to be too petulant though. I don't even have a PhD yet, so thanks for saying it for me.<BR/>I do wonder, however, if things would move along more rapidly if more people would take the time to review articles. In geology, my advisor, who was a editor of GSA Bulliten for a while, told me that it was an absolute nightmare trying to find reviewers, let along get the manuscripts reviewed.<BR/>Can you lambast those people who want their articles peer-reviewed, but refuse to be reviewers as well?Margothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01354931288147701203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-18546324664265464142008-08-09T20:35:00.000-05:002008-08-09T20:35:00.000-05:00I laughed out loud at this -- I wonder if this can...I laughed out loud at this -- I wonder if this can't be said of dissertation committee members? A couple members of my committee? Six months. SIX MONTHS with no feedback. I'm sure they are busy, though ... not busy reading other manuscripts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-34707493708418068462008-08-09T16:43:00.000-05:002008-08-09T16:43:00.000-05:00One of my favorite recollections from my two years...One of my favorite recollections from my two years at Virginia Tech was the story of the poor soul who was denied tenure for non-publication by a dean, who, wearing his other hat as a "scholar," had the guy's manuscript sitting, unread, on his desk at home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-10496640869141234362008-08-09T14:31:00.000-05:002008-08-09T14:31:00.000-05:00I am personally mystified by the rampant tardiness...I am personally mystified by the rampant tardiness on manuscripts--they are usually a good read and I'm always flattered some press thinks I'm the right person to read it. On the other hand, as a guy who's tenure case was a litte too close for comfort due to lazy reviewers, yeah, it means something.<BR/>Now, I admit to sinning--book reviews and peer-reviewing of articles never seem to get done on deadline. And really, given all the resources available on line to check citations, texts, etc., what gives? Maybe we just don't have enough google-monkey PhD's?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-32649311983203410372008-08-09T13:24:00.000-05:002008-08-09T13:24:00.000-05:00Oh, crap.I have to go do something ...Oh, crap.<BR/><BR/>I have to go do something ...Siva Vaidhyanathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03543025295806905985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-45547938325170640792008-08-09T12:51:00.000-05:002008-08-09T12:51:00.000-05:00Thanks, TR. On behalf of all the pretenured, I th...Thanks, TR. On behalf of all the pretenured, I thank you.Notorious Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.com