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7 Apps for Cataloguing Your Home Library

By On June 13, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Emily VanBuren is a PhD student in history at Northwestern University. You can find her on Twitter at @emilydvb or at her blog, dighistorienne.

Summer is just around the corner, and I’ve been drawing up a list of all the things I’d like to accomplish before next academic year. It’s a […]

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Parenting in Grad School

By On May 14, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Andrea Zellner is a PhD student in the Ed Psych/Ed Tech program at Michigan State University. She can be found on Twitter @AndreaZellner.

Parenting in grad school can be crazy hard. There is really so much to say about parenting in grad school. I asked the question on Twitter and on Facebook and […]

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Thrive Not Survive

By On March 31, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Karra Shimabukuro is a guest author and PhD student specializing in Folkloric Representations in Medieval and Early Modern Literature at the Department of English, Language, and Literature at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. You can follow her on twitter at@khkshimabukuro

Much has been written about what tips and strategies graduate students can […]

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5 Strategies for Organizing Notes for Comprehensive Exams

By On February 19, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Emily VanBuren is  PhD student in History at Northwestern University. You can find her on Twitter at @emilydvb or at her blog, dighistorienne.

Preparing for comprehensive examinations is daunting. There is no way around it. Here at GradHacker, we’ve featured tips regarding studying for comps, tackling the written exam format, […]

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5 Organizational Tips for the New Year

By On January 8, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Justin Dunnavant is a PhD student in Anthropology at the University of Florida. You can find him on Twitter @archfieldnotes or at his blog AfricanaArch.

Every New Year I join the millions of people who set out to develop a New Year’s resolution. This year I plan on getting in shape, […]

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Cataloging your Library with Goodreads

By On October 4, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Justin Dunnavant is a PhD student in Anthropology at the University of Florida. You can find him on Twitter at @archfieldnotes or at his blog AfricanaArch.

As a graduate student you’ll have plenty of books to read; some you’ll buy, others you’ll borrow. I personally enjoy spending countless hours mining used bookstores for […]

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