MENTOR - Magdalena Barrera

Magdalena Barrera: https://www.sjsu.edu/people/magdalena.barrera/ Links to an external site. 

General Overview:

https://youtu.be/U_SkSDX6GeM Links to an external site. Questions Discussed in this Video: 

1. 1. Can you talk about your writing process? What sort of goal-setting do you consider before beginning a project?
   2. What advice would you give to an academic on the tenure track who feels a lot of pressure to continually publish?
   3. What's some practical writing advice a good first reader, mentor, and/or colleague has offered you before that has helped you?
   4. When you are working on a longer-term project, how do you keep your momentum going or hold yourself accountable to maintaining your goals?

The Readings Video:

https://youtu.be/JJ-zMkn6ODo Links to an external site.

• Dr. Crazy's blog post "I'm Not Dead Yet (And Yes, I Have a 4/4 Teaching Load) Links to an external site.";
• Joli Jensen on "The Semester Is Over! It's Time to Write! Links to an external site."; and
• bell hooks' essay, "Remembered Rapture" on writing as a vocation rather than an academic practice
  • 13B hooks Remembered Rapture.pdf Download 13B hooks Remembered Rapture.pdf

Works by Dr. Barrera mentioned in the video: 

• CH9304_04_Barrera.pdf Download CH9304_04_Barrera.pdf
• Barrera-Domestic Drama-Professional Edits.pdf Download Barrera-Domestic Drama-Professional Edits.pdf
• Barrera_DomesticDramas_AztlanV37-1_02.pdf Download Barrera_DomesticDramas_AztlanV37-1_02.pdf