Today was TA orientation for the History Department. It was definitely worth the while. Of course, we learned about our resources and who we should contact about whatever issue . . .
“And don’t forget to fill out those purple forms so that you can see your roster on MyUCLA. Talk to Hubert about any computer [...]
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22 Sep 09
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Posted in pedagogy, teaching, ucla
21 Sep 09
A shared office. But this shared office, apart from being my first official “office” at any institution, has special meaning. After Prof. Bartchy’s office, this office is the second room that I visited on UCLA’s campus. As a prospective Ph.D. student, I awkwardly stumbled on campus to meet one of Bartchy’s grad students in person, [...]
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Posted in career, life, ucla
12 Sep 09
Not how-to books. When you think of martyrs, martyrdom, and martyrology among early Christians and Jews, what are the must-read secondary sources? Along with a couple other grad students at UCLA, I will be doing a reading course with Boustan following along with his undergrad seminar: “Martyrdom and Religious Violence in the Ancient Mediterranean World: [...]
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Posted in courses, martyrdom, ucla
2 Aug 09
It’s going to be an interesting fall quarter. This fall I will be a Teaching Assistant for the first time in my UCLA career. Being a TA is a bigger deal at UCLA than it has been in my experiences as a TA at Fuller Seminary and Messiah College. You have to apply for the [...]
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Posted in classes, ucla
29 Jul 09
My exploration of the SBL program book begins as I try to find all the UCLA folks who are contributing in SBL sessions this year. We have SBL participants from several nooks of the school, including the Department of History (S. Scott Bartchy, Ra’anan Boustan, Jacob Latham, A. Sue Russell, Kevin Scull, and me), the [...]
27 Jul 09
Everybody knows that the California budget is in the toilet and has been for some time. Sure, part of that is due to the bad economy that we’re all experiencing. But it’s also because California legislators don’t know how to compromise. I have rarely seen the affects of drastic things occurring in government in my [...]
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Posted in education, government, ucla
8 Jul 09
I have taught in a few different capacities. Several of those have been ministry-related–small groups, sermons, Sunday school, etc. My first teaching assistant position was for Greek as an undergrad, where I often helped go through homework with students in class. In that position, in TA spots I had at Fuller Seminary and as a [...]
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Posted in career, pedagogy, ucla
22 Jun 09
My blogging always seems to get the short end of the stick at the end of each quarter. There is just too much to do and when I’m not doing it, my brain is too fried to post anything intelligent. Yes, I know I am setting my self up for easy shots on my blogging [...]
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Posted in classes, parenthood, ucla
10 Apr 09
Last week I learned that I was approved for UCLA’s Summer Research Mentorship Grant. I was a little worried about it–what, with the California state financial apocalypse and all. But the good news is that I will have the opportunity to work with Ra’anan Boustan on my apocalyptic obsession this summer, unhindered by all the [...]
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Posted in apocalyptic eschatology, dissertation, financial aid, research, ucla
6 Apr 09
My UCLA colleague Kevin reminds the world on his new blog–while he also notes my “world famous” status. Indeed. Kevin’s post is similar to one that he wrote on the now defunct Novum Testamentum blog. That older post was what inspired me to pursue UCLA as a potential program. If he hadn’t shared that info [...]
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Posted in doctoral programs, ucla
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Elsewhere . . .- CONF: Second Qumran Institute Symposium rogueclassicist
- Received: Jefford’s Reading the Apostolic Fathers: An Introduction (author unknown)
- Ancient Greek and Hebrew Fonts agathos
- The Theology of the Declaration of Independence Matt
- Independence Day and Messianic Patriotism Joel Willitts
- An Update of Sorts Michael
- On how to find the meaning of a Greek word noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne McCarthy)
- Another Gladiator Grave Claim — This Time Female? rogueclassicist
- "Mystery" in the DSS and its Perso-Babylonian background paleojudaica@talktalk.net (Jim Davila)
- Biblical illiteracy – no really! clayboy
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