Susan D. Blum

Author of My Word!: Plagiarism and College Culture

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About the Author

Susan D. Blum is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author, most recently, of Lies That Bind: Chinese Truth, Other Truths and editor of Making Sense of Language: Readings in Culture and Communication.

Includes the name: Susan Debra Blum

Works by Susan D. Blum

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My Word!: Plagiarism and College Culture (2009) 62 copies

Making Sense of Language: Readings in Culture and Communication (2008) 39 copies

"I Love Learning; I Hate School": An Anthropology of College (2016) 34 copies

China Off Center: Mapping the Margins of the Middle Kingdom (2002) 17 copies

Lies that Bind: Chinese Truth, Other Truths (2007) 11 copies

Portraits of 'Primitives': Ordering Human Kinds in the Chinese Nation (2000) 5 copies

Schoolishness: Alienated Education and the Quest for Authentic, Joyful Learning 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Contest of Language: Before And Beyond Nationalism (2005) — Contributor — 5 copies

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Legal name: Blum, Susan Debra
Birthdate: 1957-01-05
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Education: University of Michigan (PhD|Anthropology|1994)
Occupations: anthropologist

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"I Love Learning; I Hate School": An Anthropology of… by Susan D. Blum

Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.

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fernandie | Sep 15, 2022 |

My Word!: Plagiarism and College Culture by Susan D. Blum

This is a very good primer on college students in general and plagarism. As an college admin who deals with 5-7 cases of Plagarism at a large university ( our system is much different from Saint U') it seemed basic for me. I hear most of the reasons day in and day out. What I was looking for when I first saw this book advertised was a a more in depth look at those reasons and I got a little. Ms. Blum skimmed the service of those reasons and gave some very realistic recomendations for facing this problem head-on

I am currently putting together a course/workshop for faculty on recognizing and handling academic integrity and will definitely use this book as well as recommended to it faculty as a resource.

Plagiarism is a very big concern today and this book offers a very good introduction and coverage of this issue on today's college campus.… (more)

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