William Dean Howells

The faculty salaries in china are categorized into two; the base salary which is the amount fixed for each step and a variable amount determined by annual performance review. The base salary is paid by the government regardless of institution or discipline with some regional cost of living adjustments. The performance bonus is paid by the institutions, and is determined by system of work point quantifying faculty activities of the year (González, Liu, & Shu, 2012). The size of the bonus is…

Interesting and to be honest the first order of business after viewing the video was to establish a connection between this TAMUC Dr. Dawg and their institution. In general terms to review their academic credentials, as such evidence points to the fact that the individual in the video is Dr. Rusty Waller, Educational Leadership from Texas A&M University- Commerce. Specifically, from their Center for Faculty Excellence and Innovation (Moseley, 2017). Dr. Dawg or Dr. Waller presented within the…

Each professor has a different experience but they all show the importance on creating and keeping a global community. Also, all of these professors have more than 10 years of experience in teaching. Therefore, the result of this small study may not be relevant for adjunct professors, community professors, or professors who are just starting this career. Also, in this sample, all of them experienced traveling abroad, thus this results may not apply for professors who did not traveled abroad.…

For the biographical interview extra credit assignment I interviewed my friend Steven. Steven is a twenty-year-old junior studying communicative disorders at Cal State University, Fullerton. He was born and raised in Placentia and has lived there all of his life. A proud resident of Placentia, Steven would like to stay at Placentia the rest of his life because of the nice weather, the peaceful environment and because all of his family and extended family live in close proximity to him. Steven…

Marcus acknowledged that he didn 't always see eye to eye with his White professors, especially due to the position of power that faculty held, but he treated it as a learning experience. He felt that he was often on "opposing sides of the table": All of these interactions shaped a great understanding of how I engaged what I perceived to be power. It gives me a fuller understanding of how to assert my own power. Even if they were in negative situations, I gleaned some sort of lesson from the…

Plagiarism can be defined as, “The practice of taking someone else’s work or idea and passing them off as one’s own.” In simpler words if you, - Stole and pass off somebody else’s work as your own - Used somebody else’s work without citing it - You are presenting a new idea which already has been presented or copyrighted - Giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation - Copying many words, so that it’ll create bulk of your work, then you have committed plagiarism. In…

Growing up can be a difficult task to accomplish. However, growing up with a sibling is even more challenging. This ideology is seen throughout John Steinbeck’s novel, East of Eden ,which has many different scenarios in which two siblings are pinned against each other to repeatedly compete for the love and affection of their parents, and to make a claim about who they are. John Steinbeck’s East of Eden constantly demonstrates the effects that sibling rivalry has on the characters in the story…

Supernatural is a popular T.V. show on CW that currently has a total of eleven seasons. It is about two brothers named Dean and Sam Winchester who go around hunting monsters but as the seasons progress that all changes. It isn’t just about two brothers hunting monsters anymore. They have a lot going on along with hunting monsters such as stopping the apocalypse, getting Sam out of the literal Hell where he is being tortured by Lucifer, getting Sam his soul back, stopping Leviathans, Eve, and the…

In the novel On the Road by Jack Kerouac, we follow Sal as he travels the country bouncing state to state and friend to friend following the crazy wild lifestyle of Dean Moriarty. Throughout the novel Sal and his friends indulge in sex, alcohol and drugs, and are constantly moving around contradicting the idea that in order to be happy you must find a job, a wife, have kids, and live in a nice home. During his journey we witness Sal and his gang of “mad men” counter societal norms by living life…

Journal - Kc Adams 1. Give a full description of where the issue discussed was observed. This is a song that I have listened to for several years. I liked it when I was younger, so I bought it, but I have never looked closely at the lyrics before now. 2. Give a brief statement as to why this issue was chosen. I chose this song because the title of the song itself "Angel With a Shotgun" feels like an issue immediately and because I wanted to look closer to see how the image of an…