After more than four years of hard work, I finally obtained my PhD. On December 8th, 2016, at 11.00 am, I successfully defended my thesis, entitled Crossing species Boundaries: the Hybrid Histories of the True Geese. The Read More
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“So how did this work in your other classes?” Gulp. “Well…” And then I admitted to my senior seminar students, on the first day of class, that I was running something of an experiment Read More
It was not until I started writing up the results for a manuscript that I was suddenly and dramatically struck with most certain clarity! Upon reflection of my research study I found myself starting to Read More
Where did the time go? It feels as though one year has been misplaced somewhere as it’s impossible to fathom that I’m in the 4th year of my PhD. It has certainly been Read More
I am at the point in my PhD where I am truly becoming a researcher and am no longer just a student. How can I tell? I just finished a project I worked on basically Read More
Indian scientists have launched IndiaRxiv, a preprint repository where researchers can archive manuscripts from multiple disciplines. The initiative was started with a view to upgrade the quality of Indian scientific research. IndiaRxiv is the latest Read More
Teacher and Student Starting in 2005, I often said and heard statements like, “Please stop sticking pencils in your nose,” “I’ll wait until everyone finishes talking,” and “Ew, Ms. Daly, smell this milk.” What can Read More
My desire to work towards saving and conserving wildlife started when I was 10 years old. I knew I did not want to be a vet; I wanted to be outside, surrounded by nature! And although Read More
I’ve had several people tell me this both pre- and post-tenure. I respectfully and wholeheartedly disagree. Pre-tenure, I was required to run a research lab, compete for federal funding, publish papers, teach, and sit Read More
As my country, the United Arab Emirates, celebrates its second-ever Emirati Women’s Day (August 28 2018), I wanted to share some personal reflections about being a single mother navigating the PhD experience here at Cambridge. When Read More