Tag: academia
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Be vulnerable, be brave
Today’s post is a reflection on the academy, what comes after, and taking control of one’s life. I’d love to know what you think! Here’s the first bit: Earlier this week I spoke on the phone with Ysette Guevara, a fellow PhD and post-academic who runs her own business helping young people transition to adulthood.…
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Certainty and time
Today’s post is a reflection on my troubles imagining a non-academic future for myself given the pervasiveness of the ready-made academic dream. But over time I realized what I truly wanted. Read the post on my University Affairs blog.
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Transition Q & A: Peter Larson
I’ve been remiss lately, not composing anything of my own for the blog… but I’m getting back on track and will let you know what I’ve been up to soon. The short version is: vacation! And continued coaching, learning, and fun. In the meantime, I’m excited to share with you this wonderful Q & A…
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Transition Q & A: Sonja Streuber
Yesterday my Q & A with Sonja Streuber was posted on my University Affairs blog. Here’s an excerpt: You left your graduate program ABD, without earning a PhD. Why? Multiple reasons: . . . 2. Personal experience. I had colleagues who had already graduated with their PhDs, who were financing their job searches with anything,…
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Academia’s many worlds
My latest reflection is now live on my University Affairs blog. In it, I ponder the many possibilities within academia: Take a handful of tenured professors, even in the same or closely-allied disciplines, and you’ll find a handful of worlds represented. One may use her position to create community between scholars across departments, universities and…
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Transition Q & A: Maria Irchenhauser
The newest Q & A is up over at my University Affairs blog site. It’s a good one, with German studies PhD Maria Irchenhauser. Here’s an excerpt: What most surprises you about your job? What most surprises me is how much I have learned about business administration “on the job” in the past 18 months…
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Chris Peterson: “And then the rest of my life began”
Like many academics, I spent my young adult years postponing many of the small things that I knew would make me happy, including reading novels for pleasure, learning to cook, taking a photography class, and joining a gym. I would do all of these things when I had time—when I finished school, when I had…
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Transition Q & A: Veronica Rubio Vega
Veronica Rubio Vega is a part-time PhD candidate in political economy at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University. She works as a research analyst at RBC. Connect with her on Academia.edu, follow her @VERYVERO, or email her. You’re currently enrolled in a PhD program, but recently switched to part-time studies. What happened?…
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Should
I lived with many “should”s during my PhD. I should have worked harder in classes, spent more time on my essays, read more books, taken better notes, tried harder to set up reading groups, done more research, visited more archives, ordered more photocopies, applied for more conferences, networked more actively, worked more consistently on my…
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Transition Q & A: Mélanie Brunet
Mélanie Brunet earned her PhD in history and then her Master of Information from the University of Toronto. She’s now the librarian at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Ottawa. Follow her @MelanieBrunet. Update, June 2016: Melanie is now Copyright Services Librarian at the University of Ottawa. What did you hope for in terms of employment…