Often there is a lot of discussion on protecting the identity of our subjects when we do our research. The IRB focuses on the protection of both the subjects and the institution to a great extent, but what about the researcher?  In the Terry Arendell paper about the difficulties she found in her interviews [...]

When doing research, sometimes it is easy to forget about the actual research project as you jump through all the hoops to get your IRB approved, find your subjects, honing in on your questions, etc.  For those of us doing more qualitative work, there can be another huge layer of work involved interviewing subjects [...]

From Thursday morning to Saturday night, I have been (and will continue to be) reporting live from the Society for American Archaeology 2012 conference in Memphis, TN. I am currently a second year PhD graduate student in Anthropology, with a focus on Archaeology. Conferences are important, regardless of your discipline. As a grad student [...]

Whether you have true writer’s block or struggle with perfectionism, hitting that delete button can be both terrifying and exhilarating all at the same time.  As someone who is never quite happy with the work I produce, I’ve found that I tend to over-analyze details.  This leads to a lot of hours of quality [...]

Here at Gradhacker, we’ve written about online identity and the use of Twitter before. In this post, I thought I’d tackle less of the “how to use Twitter” and move into the idea of leveraging the [...]

Practice makes perfect, so why should your presentations be any other way?  You can do a spin on Terry’s idea and record your presentations online to critique yourself which can be very helpful.  But if you’re anything like me, there’s just something cringe-worthy about seeing yourself on screen.  I tend to over-analyze all my [...]

This is a Guest Post by Ashley Wiersma, a PhD graduate student at Michigan State University.

If you work in the humanities, you might want to check out the Newberry Library in Chicago.  This research library has a number of core collections in American history and culture, American Indian and Indigenous studies, Chicago [...]

The busy life of a grad student is often spent juggling multiple responsibilities from school, work and personal life.  If you’re anything like me, you’re always finding yourself overcommitted to things and something has to drop to the wayside.

One of my goals has been to better manage my time and set up boundaries with [...]