Hi, I’m Greg, a graduate student in education at The University of Pittsburgh. Taking the broad view of sociology and philosophy to try to discover both people’s belief and actions as they work out the purpose of education in their lives, work, schools, government, communities and society. I like to take a humanities approach, rather than crunching numbers. Which means taking into account history and culture in answering these questions.
I love to read and write (Mostly for Comment). You can see a profile and list of articles here. You can also follow me on Twitter. My blog is mostly an archive, but can be found here.
I rarely make New Year’s resolutions, mostly to avoid having to deal with the stress of failure, instead I attempt to rescue my integrity by just not resolving anything. So, I am going to attempt this project. I don’t have a set list of books I plan to read (although this amazon wishlist might give you some idea), but know that some will include books that I will read for classes I am in or am teaching. I hope to attempt to read most of Douglas Coupland’s work, working backwards as I have read his three latest books, and his early novel, Life after God (I highly recommend). So I’ll see if I can complete the middle. I also would like to continue to read Berry’s Port William Membership novels and stories, as I read and taught Remembering this past semester. I mostly read non-fiction though and try to keep up with my discipline, while also dabbling in books that engage philosophy, sociology, culture, etc.
Here goes. Hope the community will work as a sort of accountability group. I am currently in Seth Godin’s Tribes, and plan to start Nel Noddings, Caring: a feminine approach to ethics and moral education in the next few days before the new year.