One of the first things my advisor told me when I started my PhD was that at some point everyone wants to quit their PhD. There will come a point in your PhD journey where you feel overwhelmed,...
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(Don’t) Hack Your Way To Becoming A Professor: Productivity Tips For PhD / Doctoral Students
What to consider? As a PhD student sometimes, you will feel overwhelmed with advice. People, both academic and not, never seem to be short on things to tell you about how you should do your...
What Is A Literature Review (In A PhD Or Graduate School)? A How to Guide
Literature Review By the time you get to graduate school you are usually familiar with writing several different kinds of papers, but the graduate thesis or dissertation is a type of writing...
Repetitive Tasks In Research Sometimes research is exciting. You have breakthroughs, discover something completely new that no one has before, but other times research is monotonous. There are a...
What is a PhD Journey? Getting a PhD is more than just getting a terminal degree. It is a process and a journey. Previous posts on this site have discussed topics such as what a PhD student does...
Attending Academic Conferences It finally happened. You saw a call for papers for the perfect conference. It was in your area of specialization and is taking place in a cool city you’ve always...