{"product_id":"doodling-for-academics-a-coloring-and-activity-book-paperback","title":"Doodling for Academics: A Coloring and Activity Book - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulie Schumacher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo an outsider, working as a university professor might seem like a dream: summers off, a few hours of class each week, an exchange of ideas with brilliant colleagues, books and late afternoon lattes. . . . Who wouldn't envy that life? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But those in the trenches of academe are well acquainted with the professoriate's dark underside: the hierarchies and pseudo-political power plays, the peculiar colleagues, the over-parented students, the stacks of essays that need to be graded ASAP. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e No one understands this world better than novelist Julie Schumacher, who here provides a bitingly funny distraction designed to help you survive life in higher education without losing your mind. Sardonic yet shrewdly insightful, \u003ci\u003eDoodling for Academics\u003c\/i\u003e offers the perfect cognitive relief for the thousands of faculty and grad students whose mentors and loved ones failed to steer them toward more reasonable or lucrative fields. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through forty pages of original illustrations and activities-from coloring to paper dolls to mad libs-this book traces the arc of a typical day on campus. Get a peek inside the enigma of the student brain. Imagine a utopian faculty meeting. Navigate the red tape maze of university administration. With the help of hilarious illustrations by Lauren Nassef, Schumacher infuses the world of campus greens and university quads with cutting wit, immersing you deep into the weirdly creative challenges of university life. Offering a satirical interactive experience for scholars, the combination of humor and activities in this book will bring academia into entertaining relief, making it the perfect gift for your colleagues, advisors, or newly minted graduates.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulie Schumacher\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English and director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of the best-selling \u003ci\u003eDear Committee Members\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor. \u003cb\u003eLauren Nassef\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance illustrator and artist living in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.8 x 7.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45264579199078,"sku":"9780226467047","price":25.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/MllvMFgvejlqNWgra0FST20zRnVkQT09.webp?v=1773892226","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/doodling-for-academics-a-coloring-and-activity-book-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}