theorywatch

Well, my AERA paper went over well: our excellent discussant in the session made some helpful comments, and people appeared to find it intriguing, though a little “different” from the other papers presented. Conceptual papers rule!

My favorite moment, though, was when I explained that my research specialty was citation analysis and asked for a show of hands by anyone who kept track of their own citation counts. Talk about asking for intimate details: maybe I should have gotten IRB approval before doing that….