Category: Inspiration

One of the most valuable things we can learn in life is the importance of being true to yourself and having the courage to represent yourself well. It’s important to know that you’re a kind...

Most of you think that you learn a lot of knowledge when you do a PhD. This is true, but the most important lessons that you learn have nothing to do with the knowledge that you acquire. You actually...

Here is what’s missing in academia. We need to have open conversations about why we do things. If we focus on publications, we are going to produce more publications that no one reads. More...

When you first become an academic and researcher you have to remember who you are. All of us in academia have been where you are - some people will tell you the honest truth and others will project...

My husband told me that the 2 years he spent writing his doctoral dissertation were the most stressful of his entire life. Not only was he working full time and raising 3 children, but he was also...

Doing research is about working every day. There is no magic to doing research. The magic is your ability to keep working at it, even when you are down. As my PhD advisor once said, "It takes a lot...