June 27, 2008
U. of California Professor Paul Dourish: the Sexiest Man Alive?
Paul Dourish, an informatics professor at the University of California at Irvine, appears to be attracting a fan base among scholars, according to Liz Losh, a rhetorician at the university. In a blog post this week, she observes that Mr. Dourish, whose research centers on human-computer interaction, has inspired a “has a posse” sticker in his name and an “I Heart Paul Dourish” confession from a new-media scholar at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
“I’ve served on committees with Dourish and think [his book], Where the Action Is is a good read, but I probably couldn’t tell you his height, weight, or eye color,” Ms. Losh writes. “Have I missed something about my supposed heartthrob colleague?” —Andrea L. Foster
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‘A’ for effort, Paul, but you shouldn’t have to work this hard to get a date. ‘Andrea L. Foster’ indeed!
— Gerard Harbison, UNL Jun 27, 05:11 PM #
Did you, Gerard, not notice that Andrea L. Foster is one of the wired campus writers? Frankly, I am finding these little tidbits from the so-called tech world increasingly annoying (at worst), useless, at best. Read David Pogue’s column (NYT) to see how this sort of thing should be done!
— Leslie Jun 27, 06:40 PM #
I’m looking at that photo, and I’m not exactly feeling the “doing, doing, doing” down there. What a strange post for the CHE.
— Josephine Jun 28, 02:03 AM #
Oh, I see. It’s the Weird Campus. I thought that I was reading something from the Chronicle of Higher Education. My mistake.
— Landrum Kelly Jun 28, 08:02 AM #
Kudos to CHE for including the undereducated in their reporting. Their Undereducated Outreach Program has helped hundreds find yet another alternative to People magazine and Entertainment Tonight. Serving the double-digit IQ demographic has been a new mission for CHE, and, as Andrea L. Foster’s article indicates, they have the skills and talent to meet that mission.
— HL Morgan Jun 28, 08:32 AM #
The story’s headline is very misleading; presumably, Ms. Foster intended to highlight the linked Liz Losh blog. Dr. Losh provided an interesting update on that very same blog, pointing out the odd spin on the CHE posting: “Update: This item was picked up here in the Wired Campus blog from The Chronicle of Higher Education. Ironically, the writer excerpts my comments so that it is not clear that I am making an argument for critical distance about academic fandom.”
— Lee Jun 28, 12:00 PM #
Oh boy, the “pricks” have a new vehicle for establishing their superiority. Next up: digtal versions of the “vote yes if you will date me” middle school notes. I’m a second-rate intellectual, so me doing these sorts of things comes off like a kid desparately seeking acceptance by the “in” crowd.
— Chris Jun 29, 02:06 AM #
Um… who cares? This story is pointless.
— Duff Jun 30, 04:05 AM #
Unlike most everyone else in the comments here, I actually found this post enjoyable. It’s nice to see that the CHE Wired blog is more than just a sterile news wire, and more of strange, fun space for bizarre stuff like this that captures an element of academia that exists yet is seldom reported. It’s good fun, and it makes it all the other straight post more readable for me. So, unlike those above who will stop at nothing to preserve the sanctity of all that is intellectual and holy, a little fun never hurt nobody!
Additionally, I think Paul is hot!
— Jim Jun 30, 04:19 AM #
You must be kidding. Men of color with their superior intelligence, height, sensuous lips, gorgeous legs, and nice round butts (better than most white girls) make flatass white boyz like Dourish look like candyass. Indeed, Dourish ain’t even in the same league with virtually all men of color, and that’s why all the white girls be trying to steal black men.
— PinknEbony Jun 30, 06:21 AM #
The best part is how many of you thought this article was useless, but you read it anyway…and then bothered to post on it. Telling indeed.
— lol Jun 30, 07:15 AM #
This is my first article on CHE… very interesting. Looks like I will be reading this more often!!!
— Crystal Taylor Jun 30, 08:48 AM #
“I heart”? What the hell is that? An abomination is entering our language because idiots don’t know that the proper way to pronounce the heart pictogram is “love”, as in “I love New york”. Is the idiot blogger also Mr. Dourish’s “pound sign” one fan?
— R Jun 30, 10:06 AM #
Just looks like an average white guy to me. Snore.
— DC Jun 30, 11:17 AM #
Obviously geeks set the bar fairly low.
— Jerry Gersey Jun 30, 11:24 AM #
But, can he dance?
— Kyle David Jun 30, 05:12 PM #
A Cary Grant he ain’t. More like Phil Collins . . . if that’s your standard of sexiness.
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