Comments on: Andrea Smith—the Mind Will Not Be Contained http://suzannepharr.org/2008/02/28/andrea-smith%e2%80%94the-mind-will-not-be-contained/ Political Handywoman Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:24:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: DH Garcia http://suzannepharr.org/2008/02/28/andrea-smith%e2%80%94the-mind-will-not-be-contained/#comment-84 DH Garcia Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:40:07 +0000 http://suzannepharr.org/2008/02/28/andrea-smith%e2%80%94the-mind-will-not-be-contained/#comment-84 I just did a quick library search on Andrea Smith and came up with 7 peer-reviewed articles, and that was on the first page. I used a university search engine and searched only academic publications. In short, Smith Record, you're wrong. Some things to consider: 1) do you still believe Andrea Smith doesn't deserve tenure. 2) rather than read the criticism openly you immediately tried to dismiss it, otherwise why do the search (badly, at that), 3) given that you are incorrect perhaps you can reevaluate why the denial of tenure was made. Ms. Smith is the smartest person I ever met. That, of course, doesn't automatically qualify someone for tenure. If it did, then janitorial staff would have total job security. However, trying to frame her denial of tenure as simply a lack of academic output is disingenuous. Dan I just did a quick library search on Andrea Smith and came up with 7 peer-reviewed articles, and that was on the first page. I used a university search engine and searched only academic publications. In short, Smith Record, you’re wrong. Some things to consider: 1) do you still believe Andrea Smith doesn’t deserve tenure. 2) rather than read the criticism openly you immediately tried to dismiss it, otherwise why do the search (badly, at that), 3) given that you are incorrect perhaps you can reevaluate why the denial of tenure was made.

Ms. Smith is the smartest person I ever met. That, of course, doesn’t automatically qualify someone for tenure. If it did, then janitorial staff would have total job security. However, trying to frame her denial of tenure as simply a lack of academic output is disingenuous.

Dan

]]> By: Smith Record http://suzannepharr.org/2008/02/28/andrea-smith%e2%80%94the-mind-will-not-be-contained/#comment-9 Smith Record Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:56:12 +0000 http://suzannepharr.org/2008/02/28/andrea-smith%e2%80%94the-mind-will-not-be-contained/#comment-9 ISI Web of Knowledge lists 5 journal publications for Smith based on her work at Michigan, that I can find. None of them are research articles. Instead, 2 are editorials, 1 is a literature review, and 2 are book reviews. She has also written a book, "Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide" which is a good achievement, but books are not peer reviewed. Any other publications of hers must be in journals that are not included by ISI, which can be a sign that they are not strong journals. So it appears that Smith has essentially no new, peer-reviewed contributions to the field, and probably that is why she is not getting tenure. Her political activism is not counted in an academic department. Creating organizations (INCITE), giving speeches at meetings or rallies, magazine and newspaper articles, interviews, nominations for awards, etc., are not viewed as academic activities. She has to publish original research in peer-reviewed, high quality, archival journals. The evidence for that seems to range from non-existent to very thin. ISI Web of Knowledge lists 5 journal publications for Smith based on her work at Michigan, that I can find. None of them are research articles. Instead, 2 are editorials, 1 is a literature review, and 2 are book reviews. She has also written a book, “Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide” which is a good achievement, but books are not peer reviewed. Any other publications of hers must be in journals that are not included by ISI, which can be a sign that they are not strong journals. So it appears that Smith has essentially no new, peer-reviewed contributions to the field, and probably that is why she is not getting tenure. Her political activism is not counted in an academic department. Creating organizations (INCITE), giving speeches at meetings or rallies, magazine and newspaper articles, interviews, nominations for awards, etc., are not viewed as academic activities. She has to publish original research in peer-reviewed, high quality, archival journals. The evidence for that seems to range from non-existent to very thin.

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