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Elisabeth L. Laskin, a lecturer in the history department who studied under Gienapp, said he arranged department trips to Red Sox games...
Elizabeth Laskin, a lecturer in the history department who teaches History 71a, “America: Colonial Times to the Civil War” notes that the jumbling of eras in Salem creates a skewed version of history: “In front of the witch museum, they have that marvelous statue of Roger Conant. It’s sort of oversized, and he’s got this great billowing cloak...I think a lot of people look at him and think ‘Salem witch trial judge right there.’ In fact, Conant was dead...
...aware that experience in campus politics frequently embitters graduate students. Laskin’s op-ed reflects several layers of wisdom, each of a sort that emerges only from laboring in selflessness and deep reflection. The ability to affect change at an institutional level is indeed praiseworthy. Yet Laskin rightly points out the greater gifts of successful political involvement: comradeship, service, the ability to judge fairly, and becoming a better person...
...main concern preregistration aims to address is Harvard’s frustrating teaching fellow (TF) hiring practices. Under the current system, graduate students interested in teaching must contact professors during the preceding semester in a process that former Graduate Student Council President Lisa L. Laskin calls “catch as catch can.” But even when students receive confirmation from professors, there is no job guarantee because fluctuations during the shopping week lead to confusing estimates about eventual enrollment. This complicated problem of predicting enrollment figures, combined with an archaic, decentralized and inefficient hiring process, leaves both...
...Lisa L. Laskin, a doctoral candidate in the Department of History, is a former president of the GSAS Graduate Student Council...