New Publication

(The doorhandles are shaped like elephants!)

December is a busy month for me, as I imagine it is for most of us. At work, we're wrapping everything up for the year and preparing annual plans for 2009. This has led me to start referring to 2009 as "this year," a somewhat disturbing habit. Despite the busy-ness, it is still good fun, and I think there are many good opportunities and interesting events planned for the next year.

(Me at work.)

In other good news, an article that I wrote using research from my thesis has been published in the first issue of Amsterdam Social Science. This is a student journal for Masters and PhD students. While it is the case that I sit on the editorial board of the journal, I didn't get to pick my own article, but from that perspective it was a great joy to see the first issue make it to the press. You can read all of the articles (and some press coverage of the journal launch) at www.socialscience.nl. Or, if you just want to read mine, click here for the pdf.

I will spend the second half of the month in the US, first in Cleveland and then around West Palm Beach. A little sun (and snow?) should be nice, as it's been pretty cloudy and rainy here. Plus, the day is getting all too short - the length of day today is only 7 hours and 45 minutes! Of course we will make up for that in June with a nearly 17 hour day, but that seems pretty far off now. So, I'll try to soak up as much as possible in Florida, to make it through the next few months of winter!