Developing a new course: 10 questions to ask yourself
One part of holding a PhD is teaching, and part of teaching is developing a new course. Now, I use …
Category Archives: Academic life
Just because you’re done doesn’t mean that you are actually done…
I used to have this weird idea. It suggested that after I finished my PhD I would have all the …
“Fat City” on a crash diet…
In case you’ve had your head under a rock for the last week or so, an emeritus Sociology prof wrote …
Journal articles vs. Conference proposals
I’ve been debating lately whether I want to submit any more conference proposals, and more specifically whether I want to …
Lesson 2: Your health is more important than finishing a semester earlier…
One of my bigger mistakes was setting aside things like eating right and working out regularly while I worked on …
What now?
So…defense is done, revisions are approved, all paperwork is turned in and my dissertation has been filed with the publishing …
Dissertation successfully defended.
I defended today. Passed with revisions which is normal. I’ll write up a full story later, but for now I …
A simple object lesson…
In case you were wondering if I was being paranoid in my last post about managing drafts, and in my …
Organizing drafts
In talking to one of my students, I realized that my way of organizing drafts of documents might help others. …
The end is in sight….
It’s starting to feel real. I revised the document and sent it back to my chair last sunday evening, then …
