The dissertation topic….
In December 2008 I wrote a post related to choosing a dissertation topic. More specifically, I was looking at weighing …
Category Archives: Being a scholar
A step in the right direction
I have a new day job!!!! In higher ed!!!! Let me tell the story…. Anyone who has spent time in …
I will not become a statistic….
They used to say that only 50% of those who start a doctorate finish. Updated statistics in the social sciences …
Offering Extra Credit
One thing a new teacher often faces is the question of extra credit. This semester it has been requested by …
White-collar trade school?
A recent article in Fast Company got me thinking about how higher education works. The article, “How Web-Savvy Edupunks are …
Why are you going to grad school anyway?
Over the past few years I have focused much of this blog on efficiently getting through graduate school. Yet as …
Networking as a graduate student
Another grad student recently asked me about how to network with potential collaborators or committee members. These were people she …
A new (to me) tool for keeping up with the literature
One of the most challenging parts of being an academic is keeping up with all the new literature that comes …
What does a good literature review look like?
It makes sense for a dissertation writer to start with the literature review; It forces you to think about your …
Organizing a literature review
With my chair’s approval, I have begun working on my literature review, and one of the first questions I came …
