Dr. Pacheco’s 2010 Year in Review: Academia, Teaching and Research

Why didn’t I say “Raul’s 2010 Year in Review”. Because I’m a snob, that’s why. No, I’m just kidding. Because in 2010 I made a purposeful decision to keep both identities separate, Raul the Hummingbird604 and Dr. Pacheco, the academic/educator. At any rate, 2010 was an amazing year for me in the academic, teaching and research world. Not only did I get involved in research projects with CIELAP, and complete some of my own but also I taught 2 completely new courses, revamped one of my previously taught courses (and implemented social platforms in my teaching).

My Mom and I got to work on the book we are co-authoring while she was here, I’m on a writing retreat to finish another book on water governance in Mexico (although by the looks of it, I’m only going to finish a first draft). I am working on 12 journal articles/conference papers/book chapters with colleagues and on my own (4 single-authored). I went to the Canadian National Water Strategy meetings. And overall, I feel better than I have felt ever. My home department at UBC has been fantastic to me, as has CIELAP. My 2011 is gearing to be highly productive in the academic realm, and surprise of all surprises, Twitter brought me great new academic friends.

Thanks to having met Dr. Janni Aragon through Twitter, I gave a research seminar on my wastewater policy research at University of Victoria. And thanks to Twitter again, I met Dr. Peter Newbury who is a Carl Wiemann colleague in the department of Physics and Astronomy. Plus I got to spend some time with Dr. Jo Van Every who is a consultant and coach to academics. All very interested in the scholarship of teaching. Other good friends that I met through Twitter include Christopher Parsons, who is doing his PhD in Political Science at UVic, Mary Churchill who is the Executive Director of University of Venus (HigherEd). The list gets longer.

And my students talk to me on Twitter! What else could I ask for? Oh yes, my books published in 2011, and all the conference travelling that I have planned will be fantastic.

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Related posts:

1. Raul’s Year in Review (Social Media): July – December 2010
2. Raul’s 2010 Year In Review: Travel
3. My 2010: Teaching
4. My year in review – Water governance and policy research
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