(or, What's New About Getting an Old Degree?) I'm delighted to be teaching an intro seminar for all the new Ph.D. students in my department's graduate program. One of my goals is to give these students a place to talk about the environment of graduate school itself. How does getting a Ph.D. work? What do you need to know? …
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Should You Boycott Traditional Journals?
(Or, Should I Stay or Should I Go?) Is it time to boycott "traditional" scholarly publishing? Perhaps you are an academic researcher, just like me. Perhaps, just like me, you think that there are a lot of exciting developments in scholarly publishing thanks to the Internet. And you want to support them. And you also …
How to Write a Book
The title of this post is presumptuous, because I haven't written it yet. I have a book contract for my dissertation. Yay! Cheers! What every graduate student dreams of while slaving away over their hot word processor, eyes glazed over as they attempt to wrangle the methods section into submission for the umpteenth time. And …
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