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Still Writing Self Evaluation

7/22/2010

Terrible case of writer's bloc today. Trying to write the self evaluation. A niece on the way. In general just trying to get work done. One more week of classes and then a long vacation.

The Self Evaluation has gone terribly. I have worked on it for weeks. I don't know why I am so terrible at this kind of writing but I am. How do I sum up a year of work and not seem pompous. I'm trying to be matter of fact, which of course, turns out boring.

Maybe a good night of sleep will help.

Writing "Year-In-Review"

7/13/2010

I'm in the process of writing the year-in-review packet for my Dean. The purpose of the packet is the highlight - illustrate - why I should be kept on for another year. Its hard to remember everything, even with documents, and I should write about events as they happen.

For instance, this year I gave a seminar on how to build a webpage (you can find my professional page at www.professorgennari.com) which was so popular I was brought back for a second engagement. But writing about it now is far less dramatic and more matter-of-fact.

New Pen, a Cross Affinity

7/10/2010

Picked up a Cross Affinity Rollberball this weekend. I needed a new pen to use with some everyday writing and college grading. Its very smooth, writes like silk feels against your skin on a cool night.

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Christopher Gennari, Ph.D is a Full Professor of History at Camden County College.

He received his doctorate in History from State University of New York at Stony Brook in 2010.

His Dissertation is titled "Invasion, Insurgency and Intervention: Sweden's Wars in Poland, Prussia and Denmark 1654-1658." And was the first english language monograph on the topic of Charles X and Sweden's military actions from 1654-1660.

The dissertation analyses Sweden's wars during the Second Northern War in which it won the initial war, fought a religiously inspired insurgency against their occupation, and then had to cope with the intervention of other states.

He has published articles on the use of technology in archival research, the Construction of the Suffolk County Vietnam Veterans Memorial and several book reviews for academic journals.

He has presented papers at the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study Conferences on Swedish Counterinsurgency during the Second Northern War and on Swedish “Soft Power” during the reign of Charles X Gustav.

He has also presented papers on Soft Power in Game of Thrones at the MAPACA conference, and given a guest lecture on Sweden’s invasion of Poland in 1655 at NYMAS.

Recently he participated in a NEH Grant with the Community College of Philadelphia and the East-West Center – to bring more Asian Studies to Community Colleges.

Still Writing Self Evaluation

Writing "Year-In-Review"

New Pen, a Cross Affinity

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