From PhD to Life blog
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Support and community for graduate students and PhDs
My most recent post for University Affairs suggests ways students and PhDs can find or create structure, accountability, and support for themselves and their work.…
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Support and community for graduate students and PhDs
I work for and largely by myself, and I love it. My graduate school experience was similar in important ways: I worked at home without…
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Congratulations to me!
Last night I won the gold award for best blog or column in the b2b/academic category at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards. I won this…
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What is a PhD, anyway?
My latest post for University Affairs is a reflection piece on the many lived definitions of what PhD is and means and individuals. This may…
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Anne Trubek, Writer and Author, Transition Q&A
Something that surprises people is that tenured professors do indeed leave their jobs to move into other careers! Anne is one example of this. Here’s…
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The next (scary!) step for me: building a formal community
How is it that I am more than three years into this job and I still feel like a n00b? Well, I know why – there…
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Katie Vahey-Gaebler, Academic Advisor, Transition Q&A
Katie Vahey-Gaebler earned her PhD in higher education & student affairs leadership from the University of Northern Colorado. She’s currently an academic adviser at the…
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10 Starter Tips on Using Twitter for Business and Pleasure
I’m a big fan of Twitter–it’s expanded both my personal and professional networks tremendously. I recently published on Medium.com some thoughts about what I’ve learned using it for…
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Get help with your non-academic job search
I’ve now been self-employed and working as an academic, career, and life coach for more than three years. I love that I get to work…
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Why it’s good to hit the summer reset button
I recently started working again after taking a month off. It was great to relax, and it gave me a new perspective of some of…