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I'm happy to forgive multiple postings. What I don't forgive is being shouted at in a capitalised heading. I know I'm not really an academic. My life's work has just been about dumb stuff like communicating with people, and reaching out to people who don't have to listen to what I'm saying. But can I point out that capitalised headlines are harder to read (1). (That's why tabloids, the ultimate experts in attention grabbing, don't use them, no matter what point size they're printing in.) It just comes over as illiterate and bullying, and gives the subliminal message, 'This is typical internet crap rather than something worth paying any attention to'. There is a lot of fuss made about the so-called 'greengrocer's apostrophe' and other faults of not very literate people. But for highly educated people to be undermining what they have to say in this manner is, in my opinion, far more disgraceful. Please pass this message back to the University of Illinois at Chicago. Best wishes Allan Sutherland (1) For other punctuation freaks, note that this doesn't have a question mark because it isn't actually a question. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol J. Gill" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 6:21 PM Subject: Call for applications - Please forgive multiple postings > PLEASE CIRCULATE THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL WHO MAY BE INTERESTED: > > The Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Disability Studies at the > University > of Illinois at Chicago is accepting applications from prospective students > for Fall 2009. The deadline for receipt of full applications is January 1, > 2009. UIC's Disability Studies Ph.D. program promotes the development of > new scholarly models for understanding disability. Part of this > intellectual approach involves the education of disabled and non-disabled > academicians, researchers, policy experts, and clinicians who will join > with disabled people in the community as active challengers of oppressive > institutions and environments. The program examines how addressing > disability in its full complexity can promote the full participation, > self-determination, and equal citizenship of people with disabilities in > society. > > UIC's Disability Studies program recognizes disability as a complex > phenomenon existing at the intersection of human differences and social > values. The program is open to scholars committed to studying how > disability "works." This includes the study of what disability reveals > about society and humanity as well as how it affects people who fall both > within and outside of the category. Scholars from any discipline can > engage > in disability studies. A particular strength of the UIC Disability Studies > program is access to diverse faculty mentors and resources in the social > sciences, the humanities, and the health fields. Students in the program > conduct research across social, clinical, cultural, ethical, and policy > perspectives. > > For more information or to arrange a telephone or in-person meeting with > Carol J. Gill, Ph.D., Director of Graduate Studies, please contact: > > Sarah Rothberger, MFA > Disability Studies Program Acedemic Coordinator > Dept. of Disability & Human Development (MC 626) > 1640 West Roosevelt Road, Room 215 > Chicago, IL 60608-6904 > (312) 996-1508 (voice) > Fax (312) 996-0885 > TTY (312) 996-1233 > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > > ________________End of message________________ > > This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for > Disability Studies at the University of Leeds > (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). > Enquiries about list administration should be sent to > [log in to unmask] > > Archives and tools are located at: > www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html > You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web > page. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.23.16/1428 - Release Date: 12/05/2008 07:44 ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.