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...High seriousness is the enemy of intelligent thought,” says Robert Joseph “R. J.” Jenkins of his personal teaching philosophy. As the Head Teaching Fellow for the extremely popular English 154: “Literature and Sexuality,” Jenkins is known for his charismatic, candid teaching style, 24-7 availability to his students, and outspoken opposition to the traditional response paper, a commonplace assignment at Harvard which he calls a “soul destroying genre.” Jenkins’ refreshingly irreverent classroom methods have made...
Chava E. Kenny ’12, a student in his English 154 section last year, explains, “R. J. can always make you laugh or smile.” Kenny acknowledges that Jenkins has had a significant impact on her academically. “He helps you along with your ideas,” she says, “without forcing anything on you. And he completely changed my approach to writing papers.” Jenny J. Lee ’10, an English concentrator who took his Junior Tutorial last year, agrees that Jenkins...
Assistant Professor of English Matthew B. Kaiser, who teaches English 154, also appreciates Jenkins’ exceptional teaching methods. “R. J. is my platonic ideal of a TF,” Kaiser said in an e-mail. “He teaches from a place of love and joy,” he said, “not a place of control and discipline. That’s why students respect and admire...
...R. Breffny Morgan ’08, Harvard’s own candidate in the second season of The Apprentice Ireland, has been fortunately spared these two words...
...bored,” she repeated. The highlight of the Igs? Watching Elena N. Bodnar, this year’s Ig Nobel Public Health Laureate, attempt to wrap her brassiere-turned-gas-masks around the faces of (real) Nobel Laureates Wolfgang Ketterle, Orhan Pamuk, and Paul R. Krugman. Did we mention she had been wearing that very bra? What good sports. “If you didn’t win an Ig Nobel prize tonight—and especially if you did—better luck next year,” said MC Marc Abrahams. Bewildered...