From PhD to Life blog
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Daveena Tauber, Consultant, Transition Q&A
Dr. Daveena Tauber earned her PhD in English from Rutgers University. She consults with graduate programs and graduate writers in the U.S. and internationally on…
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Striking for a better now, and a better future
This week’s post for University Affairs is my contribution to the debates about the strikes happening here in Toronto, and especially the situation at the…
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Kara Santokie, Executive Director, Transition Q&A
Kara Santokie earned her PhD in political science from the University of Toronto. Formerly a professor, she is now director of Toronto Women’s City Alliance,…
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Book review: The Unruly PhD
The Unruly PhD: Doubts, Detours, Departures, & Other Success Stories by Rebecca Peabody is a collection of first-hand accounts and interviews with people who’ve travelled in,…
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CFP: Beyond the Professoriate, 2 & 9 May 2015
Were you at Beyond the Professoriate last year? No? Well, you can come this year! The Call for Panellists and Presenters is now out. We’d…
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Michael Ryan Hunsaker, Special Education Teacher, Transition Q&A
Michael Ryan Hunsaker earned his PhD in 2012 from University of California, Davis in neuroscience. His research was to develop behavioral methods to evaluate neurodevelopmental…
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Tips for surviving the academic job search season
On Tuesday evening I spoke at an event on imposter syndrome organized by Grad Minds, a student group at the University of Toronto. One audience…
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Reflect back to move forward
Instead of making New Year’s resolutions, I’m going to reflect back on what I did and didn’t do this past year, and explore how I…
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The PhD is a passport
This wonderful phrase and metaphor for understanding what a doctoral degree is — a passport to many different career and life paths — comes from…