Just think, two months ago you were blissfully finishing up classes, starting on your dissertation path, or collecting data for your research. Then the COVID-19 crisis hit. How quickly things have changed. You may be reeling from the massive shifts Read more…
The path to the doctoral degree is not straight. It inevitably takes twists and turns that test our fortitude and our willingness to sacrifice. Sometimes delays in the process affect our ability to provide for loved ones or require us Read more…
With the news of Jefferey Epstein and his systematic attempts to buy credibility by becoming associated with academic institutions and charities, we need to pause to look at the insatiable need for money at colleges and universities. I was an Read more…
Are you dating a PhD student, or married to one? Watching your spouse go through the PhD process can be confusing at best and downright terrible at worst. Your partner may have to be away for hours (or days) at Read more…
If you do an online search for finding an academic job you will find many, many websites with advice on how to find a job. You will also see a great deal of information about how few jobs there are Read more…
Anyone who has a doctorate or who knows someone who went through the process knows that it can take over your life. But it shouldn’t take away from your life–at least not the core of passion that makes it worth Read more…
Interviewing for an academic job is exciting. You have made it through the hundreds of CVs that were submitted and now you have been contacted for an interview. In this article, I’ll go over what you can expect during the Read more…
What should you name your dissertation? This is an important question as your dissertation title will stay with you forever. You can’t go back and change it after the fact. It will be part of your legacy, so you want Read more…
Who among us has not had moments where thoughts like “They are going to figure out that I don’t know what I am talking about”? These feelings have become known as the impostor syndrome, which some describe as an inability Read more…
Many people go into the process of getting a doctoral degree with big plans and even bigger dreams. Perhaps you want to do research that will change the world. Maybe your goal is to be a guide for the next Read more…