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I’m nearly two months into my PhD in a new university, in a new city. So you would think I’d be getting settled right about now. At least I would think I should at least…
- Shruti Turner
- May 21, 2019
There wasn’t any doubt that I would go to college one day. Learning was my passion. I could see right in front of me just how much more difficult life is for those who…
I’ll be leaving university with a PhD by December, and right now I feel like a falling cat. I’m hurtling towards the defense date trying to reconfigure myself in mid-air…
- Claire Jarvis
- May 21, 2019
There is an old adage in science - you will fail far more than you will succeed. And although it’s something I’ve begrudgingly come to accept throughout my time as a…
In exactly a week, I will be back at work and someone other than me is going to take care of my little rascals. I am not worried about my 4 year old, who has already…
I was dismissed from my PhD program at the end of my second year. Around the same time, my then-husband and I separated and eventually divorced, my dog died, and my…
- PhDoing Life
- May 21, 2019
You don’t belong here. You aren’t this smart. You will flounder. You aren’t as good as your application says. Your advisor probably thinks they made a mistake. You’re…
- PhDoing Life
- May 21, 2019
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