To celebrate the end of the academic year in the university calendar, we discuss student evals, internet review culture, negativity bias, the Iran Contra Affair, depression, and religious authority in an age of reviews.
Footnotes:
(1) Ronald Reagan’s Oval Office address on the Iran Contra Affair: https://youtu.be/rYdvBZxPhLY
(2) Gottman research on magic ratio of good vs. bad interactions between partners (5:1): https://bit.ly/3h6l0UO
(3) Erik Gilbert articles on assessment on the Chronicle: https://www.chronicle.com/author/erik-gilbert
(4) @subparparks on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/subparparks/?hl=en
(5) Bad Yelp reviews of churches: https://observer.com/2016/04/bad-yelp-reviews-of-churches-are-as-hilarious-as-youd-expect/
(6) Scene from the BBC show Rev where fashionable young people take over church: https://youtu.be/mGfsd03KZAQ