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I became pregnant with my son a year and a half into my PhD program on purpose. I say on purpose because one of the more shocking things that happened to me during my…
- Allison McDonald
- May 3, 2019
In February, days before my wedding, I started experiencing severe pain. Within a week, I had seen 3 doctors, gone to the emergency room, and was diagnosed with an…
- Lauren Bonefont
- May 3, 2019
How does one know if they have work-life balance? Is there a formula, an ideal? Has anyone calculated the optimal percent of time and energy that should be spent and…
- Lauren Bonefont
- May 3, 2019
Since receiving his PhD from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1991, Prof. Youngmin Kim has been teaching literature in English and critical theory at the…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- May 3, 2019
I’m a professional, an expert who has earned a credential, namely a PhD, that reinforces these facts. You may ask why I need these facts reinforced. It is not because I…
- Allison McDonald
- May 3, 2019
I think it’s important to share that doing a PhD isn’t all positive and productive. Sometimes you feel terrible and you just have to accept it and try to change things…
- Katie Gambier-Ross
- May 3, 2019
Many things happened at once when our program began a year ago. Our orientation week was cut short and we missed the first week of classes due to Hurricane Harvey. After…
- Megan Livingston
- May 3, 2019
I am depressed. This may seem strange, given that I have just submitted my thesis and I am on holiday at last and free to watch hours of Downton Abbey while eating mince…
- Sherran Clarence
- May 3, 2019
I sat at my desk after avoiding work all day and I just cried. I couldn’t face it. I didn’t understand what was happening to me and I had hit this feeling of rock bottom…
- Katie Gambier-Ross
- May 3, 2019
“It’s so hard to have a mom who’s a scientist,” our oldest says, sounding exasperated, after a deep sigh and a roll of her eyes. “Mommy, why can’t I come with you?”…