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If asked to introduce myself to a group of academics, I would say: “I am Lina and for my PhD thesis, I explored how children engage with wordless picture books.” Given…
I was supposed to give a talk at a seminar, but I’d decided that I couldn’t because of my speaking-anxiety. I could either convince my advisor to excuse me from the talk…
I recently read an article in which a new mother talks about her dismay when several of her colleagues judged her for “taking time off” for maternity leave. The article…
- Allison McDonald
- May 20, 2019
When you are starting a career in academia, you are inevitably going to be working on a couple of short-term contracts. And these contracts can make you feel out of sync…
A while ago, even though I love academic research, I began to understand that I was becoming what my dad would call a ‘stagnant postdoc.’ This is a post-doctoral…
I had just entered the first few days of my PhD and was starting to feel super organised, getting on with my reading, making notes and…
- Shruti Turner
- May 20, 2019
Last summer, I was awarded tenure and it felt amazing. It was one of the proudest and most significant moments in my life thus far. After the warm and fuzzy feeling…
- Allison McDonald
- May 20, 2019
On New Year’s Eve, I received a call from my supervisor. He told me that, during a storm, my pigeon shed had flooded. All of my power boards and electrical cables were…
- Anne Aulsebrook
- May 20, 2019
When I was younger, I thought research happened in white rooms. White walls, white floors, white benches, white coats. I imagined that everything in these rooms would be…
- Anne Aulsebrook
- May 20, 2019
What if you could proactively help your publisher - your editor, your reviewers, everyone who will ever handle your manuscript during the publication process? As it…
- Ms. Flávia Oliveira
- May 20, 2019