Posts by: Ashley Sanders

When All Else Fails

By On June 9, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Ashley Sanders is a doctoral candidate in the department of history at Michigan State University. You can follow her on Twitter at @throughthe_veil or on her blog, Colonialism Through the Veil.

In one of the worst academic job markets in history, many of us have been compelled to rethink our plans for […]

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Writing Boot Camps

By On May 12, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Ashley Sanders is a doctoral candidate in the department of history at Michigan State University. You can follow her on Twitter at @throughthe_veil or on her blog, Colonialism Through the Veil.

Writing can be such an isolating task, whose very isolation may deter us from starting or progressing toward our goals. The […]

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Personal Finance in Grad School

By On April 18, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Ashley Sanders is a doctoral candidate in the department of history at Michigan State University. You can follow her on Twitter at @throughthe_veil or on her blog, Colonialism Through the Veil.

Living on a grad student stipend is tough, but we often make it harder on ourselves if we don’t know where […]

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10 Steps to Interview with Confidence

By On March 26, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Ashley Sanders is a doctoral candidate in the department of history at Michigan State University. You can follow her on Twitter at @throughthe_veil or on her blog, Colonialism Through the Veil.

Excited, confident, optimistic, stressed out, anxious, terrified… How you feel going into your job interview greatly depends on your preparation. Put […]

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Speed Reading for Busy Grads

By On March 14, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Ashley Sanders is a doctoral candidate in the department of history at Michigan State University. You can follow her on Twitter at @throughthe_veil or on her blog, Colonialism Through the Veil.

I have always been frustrated by my glacial reading pace and thought it was just something I’d have to live with. […]

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Traumatic Stress in Grad School

By On February 17, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Ashley Sanders is a doctoral candidate in the department of history at Michigan State University. You can follow her on Twitter at @throughthe_veil or on her blog, Colonialism Through the Veil.

What do you do when experiences during (and possibly related to) grad school paralyze you with fear or other strong emotions? […]

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Going Alt-Ac: How to Begin

By On January 27, 2014 · Leave a Comment

“Piled Higher and Deeper” by Jorge Cham, www.phdcomics.com. Used with permission.

 

Ashley Sanders is a doctoral candidate in the department of history at Michigan State University. You can follow her on Twitter at @throughthe_veil or on her blog, Colonialism Through the Veil.

Maybe you […]

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Rapid Skill Acquisition: The First 20 Hours

By On November 11, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Ashley Sanders is a doctoral candidate in the department of history at Michigan State University. You can follow her on Twitter at @throughthe_veil or on her blog, Colonialism Through the Veil.

 

 

 

“Skill is the result of deliberate, consistent practice. And in early stage practice, quantity and speed trump absolute […]

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Keeping up with Trends

By On September 13, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Ashley Sanders is a doctoral candidate in the department of history at Michigan State University. You can follow her on twitter at @throughthe_veil or on her blog, Colonialism Through the Veil.

In our crazy, everyday graduate student and “real” lives, how does one keep up with broader academic, discipline-specific, and tech trends? Should we […]

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Who and What to Follow in the Scholarly Digital World

By On August 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment

 Ashley Sanders is a doctoral candidate in the department of history at Michigan State University. You can follow her on twitter at @throughthe_veil or on her blog, Colonialism Through the Veil.

If you’re new to the scholarly digital environment, including the digital humanities or if you’re just […]

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