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John Garrison Marks is a PhD graduate student in History at Rice University. His dissertation compares the experiences of free people of color in two port cities of the Americas during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Find him on Twitter @johngmarks.
About a month ago, I got really lucky. My school sent out [...]
During my first PhD anthropology theory course, it was suggested to us that we should start writing every single day. Our professor told us that we needed to sit down for an hour every single day, or most days of the week, and just write. We shouldn’t focus on a specific topic, or try [...]
This is a guest post by Stephanie Hedge, a PhD Candidate at Ball State University in Rhetoric and Composition. You can follow her on twitter @slhedge
The semester started off so well. As a newly minted Ph.D candidate, I couldn’t wait to start my dissertation research. I enthusiastically wrote an email and survey [...]
I’m going to start this post off by stating that I am a New England Patriots fan who is currently suffering from a devastating loss to the New York Giants. Needless to say after the 2008 debacle where we went 18-1 I was hoping for greatness. Regardless of the fact that I’m horribly crushed [...]
I had worked for weeks on my first conference paper. I had received comments from multiple faculty members, and rehearsed it in front of friends. I had the slides perfectly lined up with the text, and had inserted just enough animations to emphasize my points, but not take away from the entire presentation. I [...]
I recently received an email from the AHA forwarded by my department chair. In it, the AHA asked for feedback from departments regarding their institutions’ policies on the online publication of dissertations. This request from the AHA’s Professional Division was prompted by an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education from April that “raised [...]
I remember quite vividly being told in second grade that I was doing poorly in art. Not because I wasn’t paying attention or wasn’t completing assignments, but because I had been the only student who opted to paint a smile on the pigs we were making. I was thoroughly chastised for this, because “pigs don’t [...]
This post is written by Hack Library School writers and is part of our crossover week, check out GradHacker’s advice about advisor/advisee relations on their blog here: Hack Library School.
One of the most fun and exciting aspects of grad school is taking advantage of the opportunities to get experience in your [...]
This is a guest post by Taylor Jardno, a second-year doctoral student in Yale University’s Department of History. Her current work focuses on youth militancy and comic book culture in Argentina. She can be contacted at taylor [dot] jardno [at] yale [dot] edu.
After the first research recon trip of my graduate school [...]
“Grants look good on resumes.” “Grants show that you can successfully bring money into your institution.” “Grants are necessary for tenure.” All things that you will hear as a graduate student while maneuvering the path to becoming a professional in your field. And you know what? Those are some daunting things to be hearing. So [...]
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