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Title: Philip Nel
Post by: chum1 on July 24, 2007, 10:21:44 AM: &@#% you. You are an embarrassment.

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Title: Re: Philip Nel
Post by: icatmember on July 24, 2007, 10:20:35 PM: He's my advisor... strange dude. Not someone you would expect to be obsessed with Harry Potter.
Title: Re: Philip Nel
Post by: chum1 on July 24, 2007, 11:14:00 PM: Can you pass on this message for me?

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Title: Re: Philip Nel
Post by: icatmember on July 25, 2007, 10:48:17 AM: He's actually on sebatical this semester so I won't see him for advising, but he's staying here for it so I'll see what I can do.
Title: Re: Philip Nel
Post by: steve dave on July 25, 2007, 12:43:04 PM: Dude looks like a pedophile. Creepy.
Title: Re: Philip Nel
Post by: Leyton on July 26, 2007, 04:21:14 AM: I don't get it. He writes semi-popular books about Dr. Suess and Harry Potter, and you hate him? Why? At least he's getting books published about something, which is a lot more than you can say for the vast majority of our English dept.
Title: Re: Philip Nel
Post by: chum1 on July 26, 2007, 06:57:38 AM: If you're an English professor, it's better not to write anything at all than write about popular culture - at least within the realm of your professional life. How many physicists are critically examining the work of Mr. Wizard?
Title: Re: Philip Nel
Post by: steve dave on July 26, 2007, 07:07:18 AM: Quote from: chum1 (Premium Edition) on July 26, 2007, 06:57:38 AM
How many physicists are critically examining the work of Mr. Wizard?

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Title: Re: Philip Nel
Post by: Leyton on July 27, 2007, 09:44:37 PM: Quote from: chum1 (Premium Edition) on July 26, 2007, 06:57:38 AM
If you're an English professor, it's better not to write anything at all than write about popular culture - at least within the realm of your professional life. How many physicists are critically examining the work of Mr. Wizard?

Actually, there are probably several physics profs (http://perg.phys.ksu.edu/) at KSU who have carefully studied some of Mr. Wizard's old shows since one of the department's strengths is its physics education program. I haven't read Nel's books. I'm glad that he is writing books that sell fairly well, and I don't believe that he should have to restrict himself to more academic subjects. If it's appropriate to teach courses on children's fiction in general and Harry Potter in particular as a part of, you know, an MFA program in children's literature, it's more than appropriate to write books on the subjects. You see him as an embarrassment. I see him as a rising star and a productive generator of publicity for a normally pretty quiet English department. Agree to disagree?

He's also written a much more academic (i.e., not about children's books) book.
http://www.amazon.com/Avant-Garde-American-Postmodernity-Incisive-Shocks/dp/1578064902/ref=sr_1_2/002-5036381-4292055?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185591458&sr=8-2 (http://www.amazon.com/Avant-Garde-American-Postmodernity-Incisive-Shocks/dp/1578064902/ref=sr_1_2/002-5036381-4292055?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185591458&sr=8-2)