What’s New at University of Venus - Week Ending 23 July 2011

University of Venus Around the Web:

• We are excited to announce that Afshan [2] [2]Jafar [2], Ana [3] [3]Dinescu [3], Elizabeth [4] [4]Lewis [4] [4]Pardoe [4], and Lee [5] [5]Skallerup [5] [5]Bessette [5] have joined the editorial collective at University of Venus! We are also thrilled to welcome Ernesto [6] [6]Priego [6], Janine [7] [7]Utell [7], Janni [8] [8]Aragon [8], Liana [9] [9]Silva [9], and Melonie [10] [10]Fullick [10] [10]as regular contributors. We will be updating biography pages at our site over the next couple of weeks.
• University of Venus was mentioned as a Higher [11] [11]Ed [11] [11]Blog [11] [11]to [11] [11]follow [11] [11]at Bellevue College Office of Student Legislative Affairs, Bellevue, Washington, US.

Our Writers:

• Lee Skallerup Bessette’s post on The [12] [12]Mysteries [12] [12]of [12] [12]the [12] [12]Administrative [12] [12]Structure [12] was featured on The [13] [13]Chronicle [13]’ [13]s [13] [13]ProfHacker [13] [13]blog in a post by Jason [14] [14]B [14]. [14]Jones [14], “Three [15] [15]Midsummer [15] [15]Links [15] [15]on [15] [15]University [15] [15]Governance [15].”
• Ernesto Priego had an inspiring meeting with the Sojourneposse [16] collective. They are the organisers of the London Design Festival’s “ [17]Whatever [17] [17]is [17] [17]to [17] [17]become [17] [17]of [17] [17]books [17]?” [17]seminar [17] to be held at University College London in September. He also joined Open [18] [18]Access [18] [18]Week [18]. By the way, Ernesto was cited by Melonie Fullick in her post [19] [19]on [19] [19]privilege [19], [19]class [19], & [19]the [19] [19]costs [19] [19]of [19] [19]academic [19] [19]professionalisation [19].

At Other Blogs:

• Lee Skallerup Bessette examines how Being [20] [20]Herself [20] may make her a Bad Female Academic, but ultimately is the most rewarding and liberating thing she can do.
• Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe explains how Bollywood [21]’ [21]s [21] [21]tigers [21] [21]bait [21] [21]Amy [21] [21]Chua [21].
• Ernesto Priego looked back at his interests in cyborgs [22], [22]pop [22] [22]culture [22] [22]and [22] [22]gender [22].
• Liana Silva celebrated World Listening Day by featuring two blog posts: one [23] [23]on [23] [23]reading [23] [23]out [23] [23]loud [23] and one [24] [24]on [24] [24]active [24] [24]listening. [24]
• Janine Utell gave a [25] [25]quick [25] [25]how [25]- [25]to [25] [25]on [25] [25]the [25] [25]scholarship [25] [25]of [25] [25]teaching [25] [25]and [25] [25]learning [25] [25]at The Chronicle’s ProfHacker blog; and took a look at narrative [26] [26]technique [26] [26]in [26] [26]a [26] [26]comics [26] [26]adaptation [26] [26]of [26] [26]James [26] [26]Joyce [26]’ [26]s [26] [26]Ulysses [26] over at The Comics Grid.