Teacher trainer
I've been researching academic publishing and issues of access to academic discourse with my friend and colleague, John Adamson, for more than three years now, and through that research I came to realize two things; there are many established academics who want to restrict access to the dialog, excluding newer academics, and there are many new academics who are sensitive to their lack of experience and nervous about entering the academic dialog for fear of losing face, rejection, and potential public embarrassment.
As I came to realize the extent of the problem and the lack of resources to assist emerging academics to successfully join the conversation of the field, I decided to do something about it to offer some assistance. Thus MASH Academic Publishing was born, a course dedicated to offering participants a helping hand into the world of academic publishing.
The course page is on the MASH collaboration site, and includes some free videos which offer an introduction to the contents of the course. Courses are held in the spring and fall.
Conscious of those access issues mentioned above, I’ve insisted every generation of the course include one scholarship recipient. Our first scholarship was awarded to Jonathan Shave, based in Italy.
I’ve also worked with half a dozen English teachers at my private English school in my role as co-owner. Passing on the art of teaching is the more difficult of the tasks listed here—it’s easier to explain the tools of academic publishing than it is to show someone how to be a good language teacher.