Month: June 2015
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Transition Q & A: Tom Westerman
Have you ever thought of teaching high school after earning your PhD? Tom Westerman did! He realized he enjoyed teaching most of all, and has just finished up his first year as a teacher. Read his Q & A over at University Affairs. What did you hope for in terms of employment as you completed…
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Conferences are for networking
D’uh. But I didn’t fully realize this for myself until recently. Reflections on a few days at Congress. An excerpt: What’s striking for me about this experience is how little time I spent at actual conference sessions, and how much networking I did instead. During my PhD student days, going to a conference meant, well,…