Posts by: alicia.peaker
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From First-Generation College Student to First-Generation Grad Student

By On December 13, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Alicia Peaker is the GradHacker Development Editor and a PhD candidate in English at Northeastern University. Her research examines women’s literary and artistic contributions to ecological discourses in the first half of the twentieth century. She tweets @aliciapeaker and blogs here.

Katie Shives is a PhD candidate in Microbiology at the University […]

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If I had only known…

By On August 29, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Announcing our first theme week of the semester, “If I had only known…” This week, Katy, Natascha, and Andrea share their reflections and advice on surviving graduate school. Below, our readers offer their best tips to get you through the year (or five)! To share yours, tweet using #gh_tips.

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