CONTACT

email:

Go ahead and send me an email. I am generally available, and usually respond in a day or so. Sometimes I take three or four days, however, so don’t email me about a paper or exam the night before or the morning of, asking for vital information that will change what you will write or study—the chances of me being able to respond in a time frame that would be useful to you are low. This happens to me dozens of times in a typical semester. Generally speaking, if I don't get back to you after 3 or 4 days, send me another email; I forget, emails get dropped into the Junk mail folder, other stuff goes wrong. I won't get angry or annoyed if you email me again to repeat your question (in fact, I'll probably be grateful you reminded me).

office hours:

I’m in my office (2122 FLB, on the second floor of FLB, on the north side of the building) every Thursday from 11-12. Come prepared with specific questions or ideas—it’s a generally unproductive session when a student arrives and says “I have no ideas for the paper, and I don’t know what movie I want to write about.” It’s okay to come from time to time to just chat, but don’t ‘occupy’ my office hours—other students need to talk, too, and a surprising number of people don’t knock or let me know they’re waiting.