There are two types of people in the world: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete pieces of information. … So the more data I’m collecting for my project, the more ‘wrong’ my hypothesis is looking.Read More
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Okay, before I write about fieldwork, let me say that this post was partly inspired by this writer’s block of mine for my first results chapter; it has been there since I first started Read More
Fifteen minutes ago, I sent my final thesis (pre-examination) to the editor. All eight chapters are consolidated into one document with the abstract, table of contents, dedication, acknowledgements etc. After this, it goes for examination – Read More
Gosh! Where do I begin? Well, we successfully climbed up The Old Man of Coniston, and made it in time to see the sunset. I have put up a few photos below. The entire week Read More
A very candid look at first-year Steffi. Oh, how naive I was back then… When I started graduate school in the fall of 2012, the DGS (Director of Graduate Studies) explained to me and my fellow Read More
6 years is a long time. In 6 years, a newborn becomes a first grader. In 6 years, Jupiter travels halfway around the sun. In 6 years, World War II began and ended. And after 6 years, I am still Read More
These past couple of weeks have been pretty quiet on the PhD front. I made a list of things to do in my last meeting with my supervisor and have since done them all. So, Read More
Since I began my program in August, my weekdays have remained pretty consistent: class, then lab, and then time at home. But my days are met with frequent hiccups that single out my experience from Read More
In June 2017 I travelled to Bulgaria and Romania to collect samples for my PhD. A month earlier, I drove almost 1300 km across both countries in search of a perfect field site. And a year earlier Read More
Last week, I had an enlightening conversation with one of my colleagues (who happens to also be a dear friend), and she mentioned that she finally felt she’d discovered her passion in life. Her Read More
