My Freshman Year
What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student
$52.05
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
25 July 2006
Summary
After fifteen years of teaching anthropology at a large university, Rebekah Nathan had become baffled by her own students. Their strange behavior—eating meals at their desks, not completing reading assignments, remaining silent through class discussions—made her feel as if she were dealing with a completely foreign culture. So Nathan decided to do what anthropologists do when confused by a different culture: Go live with them.
She enrolled as a freshman, moved into the dorm, ate in th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143037477 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0143037471 |
| Author: | Rebekah Nathan |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 25 July 2006 |
| Weight: | 176g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 127mm x 208mm |
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Critics Review
“It’s anthropology at its best: accessible, illuminating, contextual.” —The Christian Science Monitor
“My Freshman Year… is an insightful, riveting look at college life and American values.” —The Boston Globe
Rebekah Nathan
Rebekah Nathan is a pseudonym for Cathy Small. She is a professor of anthropology at Northern Arizona University and the author of Voyages: From Tongan Villages to American Suburbs.
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