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"Color me purple"
09/04/2003 Entry

I am now blogging from Evanston, Illinois, my new home. I spent the past few days taking care of some logistics at Northwestern, my new institutional affiliation, my new academic home. On September 1st, I started my appointment as assistant professor in the Communication Studies Department of the School of Communication with a courtesy appointment in Sociology. SoC (which here stands for School of Comm not Sociology - something I'm still getting used to) has a new PhD program in Media, Technology and Society. I will be teaching courses in that program mostly.

My first impressions are very positive of both the university and the town. My building is very close to the lake, there is just a little parking lot in between and it's a one-minute walk to the water and a gorgeous view of Chicago. The town is nice. It is fun to be living in an actual city again not to mention the excitement of being so close to a big town that has so much to offer. Thanks to a good friend's very thoughtful going-away gift, I am a member of the Art Institute of Chicago and have already gotten an opportunity to explore it a bit. I also made sure to pick up some tickets to the upcoming Manet and the Sea exhibition this Fall. Life won't be boring.. not that that's a complaint I ever have.

I seemed to have arrived at Northwestern at the most quiet time of the year. Very few people are around. The school is on a quarter system and teaching does not start for another few weeks. I won't be teaching until the winter quarter so I am more wrapped-up in research projects right now. I'll be reporting on those as they develop. The paper I'll be working on in the next few days considers the effects of the browsing environment on users' online abilities. I will be presenting findings at TPRC in a few weeks.

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