The feeling is mostly frustration. Of course when you are frustrated for long enough... The many strong friendships with other academics serves as something of a buffer. The real effect is that I am more active politically that I might be otherwise.
I do think that there are several opportunities for interesting research ideas. Most of those are outside of my expertise, but I often think about in- and out-group differences and how we weigh evidence that supports or refutes our positions. I do use some of these as examples in my classes. There is a good opportunity to frame some of these discussions in terms of college rivalries because Liberty University is across town. Dennis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dennis M. Goff Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology Department of Psychology Randolph College (Founded as Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1891) Lynchburg VA 24503 [email protected] From: Beth Benoit [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 3:54 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] revisionist history How distressing, Dennis. I'm curious how scientists/professionals/educators who are on "the other side" of an issue (such as believing in evolution when your school board is pushing for Intelligent Design) feel about situations like this when it's in your home state. Do you feel an undercurrent of anger all the time? Depression? It does sound distressing. Might be an interesting psychology paper... One of our daughters lives in a state (the name of which I shall protect in the interest of...not sure what....) and she's continually embarrassed by the idiocy that comes out of her state. She told me today that Bill Maher's section on "Stupidest State" often features it. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Dennis Goff <[email protected]> wrote: This attack on education is only the tip of an iceberg here in Virginia. To see how bad it is use "the Google" to find news about our Attorney General, Cuccinelli. His McCarthy like attack on academic freedom at the University of Virginia is just one of his many "accomplishments. " http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/10/cuccinellis-attack-climate-science-continues Tiny URL http://tinyurl.com/3ytxejf Dennis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dennis M. Goff Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology Department of Psychology Randolph College (Founded as Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1891) Lynchburg VA 24503 [email protected] From: Beth Benoit [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 11:44 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] revisionist history A history textbook distributed to fourth-graders in Virginia last month asserts that "thousands of African-Americans fought for the South during the Civil War." Not surprisingly, this claim is rejected by Civil War historians. The author, Joy Masoff, says she found the information "primarily through internet research." Her defense? "I am a fairly respected writer." Well, that should do it, shouldn't it? http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/221106/critics-say-grade-school-text-downplays-slavery A group called "Sons of Confederate Veterans" is the apparent source of this startling information. If you check out this site, be sure to turn your speaker down - a "soldier" comes on your screen and the volume is very loud. http://www.scv.org/ I don't know if others recall that last spring, Virginia's governor, Robert McDonnell, introduced "Confederate History Month" in Virginia without managing to mention the rôle of slavery in the Civil War, as mentioned in the story. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. 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