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Teaching a grad class was SO WEIRD. Fun at times, but weird. So often I felt a little out of body about being a professor, teaching a GRAD CLASS, marvelling that it…
Earlier, if you'd asked me what I was doing with my life, I would proudly say I was hoping to get my PhD in Marine Biology. But hundreds of thousands of students embark…
- Melissa Cristina Márquez
- April 23, 2019
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. The thesis committee rated my…
- Jente Ottenburghs
- April 23, 2019
On the first day of class, I admitted to my senior seminar students that I was running something of an experiment with them - we were going to negotiate the…
Upon reflection of my research study I found myself starting to question every decision made. This microscopic scrutinisation effortlessly highlighted every flaw,…
- Delena-Mae Caagbay
- April 22, 2019
The past few years have been such a steep learning curve and I look back at my naïve, optimistic first-year self with a little bit of fondness for blindly jumping onto…
- Delena-Mae Caagbay
- April 22, 2019
Doing a PhD is a lot like climbing a mountain. As you start, all you see is the large pile of rock you have to climb and nothing else. The path is long and tiring and…
- Ondrej Cernotik
- April 22, 2019
I wonder if I’ll always feel anxious, jealous, tired, and insufficient even amid professional success or notable accomplishments. I imagine myself in ten years and am…
- Sarah Daly
- April 19, 2019
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…
- Susan Cheyne
- April 19, 2019
I've had several people tell me that "tenure is no big deal," both pre- and post-tenure. I respectfully and wholeheartedly disagree. I know that tenure is not some…
- Jennifer M Heemstra
- April 19, 2019