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Researchers and Their Stories
As an academic it’s a tough time, although many of us are taking online classes and helping our students to the best of our ability.
- Dr Vinay Kandpal
- June 1, 2020
No one prepared me for the worst possible outcome of a dissertation defense: Failure. Yet, after waiting outside in the hallway for over 90 minutes, I was certain of it…
- Lorie Owens
- July 6, 2018
Like many others who have traversed academia before me, my journey includes a lot of grappling with my own mental health. It is no secret that life as a graduate student…
I started my PhD at my host University. Like anyone starting anything new, I was excited! I thought I would be making a ground-breaking discovery in two years and…
- Sharon Bolanta
- December 5, 2018
For a while, I felt demotivated thinking about my previous academic accomplishments. But I also knew that getting a PhD degree would help alleviate the sense of failure…
- Dr. Aina Jacob Kola
- July 13, 2020
I was first introduced to coding when I attended an introductory bioinformatics workshop in 2014. Little did I know that this was the beginning of my transition from…
- Sabrina Pei Qin
- March 11, 2019
Let’s be honest; getting published is not typically a walk in the park and it might require a lot of extra work. You might think that you have already put enough time…
- Lisa Matthias
- November 19, 2018
Graduation is exciting! You made it! It paid off! Then there is this weird haze where time passes as you re-enter the human existence. Because you have worked so hard…
Doing a dissertation is an emotionally draining process - a known fact! Despite having several different ways of coping, I sometimes find myself crying. And I am not…
- Claudia González
- April 1, 2019
At the beginning of my grad school career, I would relax the entire Saturday and save all my work for Sunday. But this did not work for me. I would spend too much time…
- Amanda Coletti
- November 6, 2018