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YouTube Your Professors (Because We Know You've Already Googled Them)

The depths of procrastination have truly reached a new low: We've taken to Googling our professors on YouTube. An anonymous tipster points us in the direction of "Prolegomena to any Future Numa Numa," which features philosophy professor John David Collins and one of who we believe to be the children of Collins and one of who belongs to philosophy professor Christia Mercer. It's dancey and has nothing whatsoever to do with Kant, making it prime reading week procrastination material.

After the jump, logic professor Achille Varzi weighs in on the 2000 re-count in Florida. It's dated, but very enjoyable for anyone who's ever had class with (or even just spoken to) the wonderful Varzi.

Do you know of any other professorial stars of YouTube? Email Bwog or use the comment thread to post links, and we'll update the post.



Posted by CMlova: #1 · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 7:10 PM
I am in love with Christia Mercer.

I may be too old for her kids and too young for her but one day I have hopes of civil partnership-ing into her family.
Posted by uhhh: #2 · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 7:11 PM (from campus)
google your professor on youtube... are you sure you didn't itunes them on wikipedia?
Posted by ___: #3 · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 7:13 PM (from campus)
[external link to www.youtube.com]
Posted by ...: #4 · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 7:17 PM (from campus)
It's Mercer's son and Collin's daughter. She told us about it in her class and then was really embarrassed when people looked it up.

She's so great!
Posted by EPOV!!: #5 · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 7:17 PM (from campus)
Anthro professor Elizabeth Povinelli is in the Bright Eyes music video, First Day of My Life!! You see her on the right side of the shot at 0:07 and at 2:24 (she's lost quite a bit of weight since...)

[external link to youtube.com]

Posted by amerstudies: #6 · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 7:21 PM (from campus)
[external link to youtube.com]

American Studies Professor Roosevelt Montas presents Professor Andy Delbanco's research for a Spanish-Literary Voices Lecture.
Posted by jeff sachs: #7 · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 7:26 PM (from campus)
there are a billion with jeff sachs, but here he is with angelina jolie!

[external link to youtube.com]

Posted by haha: #8 · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 7:27 PM (from campus)
I recall it being ominously mentioned during class that this video would end up on Bwog.
Posted by luis: #9 · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 7:44 PM (from campus)
Tim Wu from the law school is in quite a few videos; none this entertaining, though...
Posted by tonight: #10 · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 7:48 PM
pillows. midnight etc. Bwoooooog post please.
Posted by yep: #11 · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 7:49 PM (from campus)
that's mercer's kid. i looked it up during class after she mentioned it and she couldn't stop blushing... whoops. i'm gonna have to disagree though, she's a terrible professor. serves me right for thinking "philosophy and feminism" wouldn't be an indoctrination.
Posted by khalidi: #12 · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 8:08 PM (from campus)
History prof and Obama friend Rashid Khalidi on Charlie Rose

[external link to youtube.com]
Posted by history of philo II: #13 · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 8:15 PM (from campus)
Oh my god I'm studying for Mercer's exam right now and that was so exactly what I needed to see...
Posted by tigers: #14 · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 8:30 PM (from campus)
chemistry professor jack norton on...tigers?

[external link to www.youtube.com]
Posted by awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww: #15 · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 9:11 PM (from campus)
thats nice
Posted by R.A.: #16 · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 9:25 PM (from campus)
Good one of Varzi dropping the F-bomb: [external link to www.youtube.com]
Posted by obviously : #17 (in reply to #11) · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 9:43 PM (from campus)
it serves you right for being a douchebag.
Posted by Rick Astley: #18 (in reply to #16) · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 9:47 PM
I didn't realize that Rick Astley was a professor here. I want to take that class!
Posted by gulati:: #19 · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 10:01 PM (from campus)
[external link to www.youtube.com]

i dont particularly like this guy, but he's the only one i found
Posted by haha: #20 (in reply to #16) · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 10:02 PM (from campus)
very good
Posted by YES: #21 · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 10:52 PM (from campus)
That is Mercer at 0:24. I LOVE HER SO MUCH!
Posted by hey-!: #22 (in reply to #5) · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 10:59 PM
Creative Writing dep. prof. Stacey D'Erasmo is in that same exact shot at 2:24. Interesting.
Posted by woo!: #23 · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 11:00 PM (from campus)
I love Mercer!
Posted by well,: #24 · reply · track
May 11, 2008 at 11:49 PM (from campus)
i may be studying for her exam right now, but i love her anyways.
Posted by omg!: #25 · reply · track
May 12, 2008 at 12:30 AM (from campus)
I LOVE CHRISTIA MERCER!!!!!!! This made my night!!!!!!!
Posted by Gayatri Spivak: #26 · reply · track
May 12, 2008 at 12:36 AM (from campus)
"The Trajectory of the Subaltern in My Work"

[external link to www.youtube.com]

one hour and twenty-eight minutes of pure nonhegemonic fun!
Posted by orgo borgo: #27 · reply · track
May 12, 2008 at 1:19 AM (from campus)
I heart scott snyder

[external link to www.youtube.com]

Posted by orgo borgo: #28 · reply · track
May 12, 2008 at 1:46 AM (from campus)
also from the annals or havemeyer

marcos the orgo lab director trying to sell signed copies of danishefsky's synthesis of taxol on the street.

[external link to www.youtube.com]

best line: look, it's like a really complicated molecule, lots of rings, anti-aromaticity and stuff... come on, its only like 50 cents.
Posted by Voila: #29 · reply · track
May 12, 2008 at 3:52 AM
Not technically a Columbia professor, but might as well be:

[external link to www.youtube.com]
Posted by Mercer: #30 · reply · track
May 12, 2008 at 12:23 PM (from campus)
is the Bruce Robbins of the Philosophy Department. Yay for social constructs!
Posted by wotcha!: #31 · reply · track
May 12, 2008 at 7:25 PM (from campus)
its a google video but close enough

Helfand giving a great talk on whether there's life in the universe: [external link to video.google.com]
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