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Tag Archives: grad school
The Month In Review: May 2016 (Or, “Let’s play an impossible game of catch up, shall we?”)
The title of the post says it all–I’ve well over a month’s worth of material to cover, so I’ll just dive right in and here it is: May 2016, redux. May 2016 was spectacularly, almost overwhelmingly chock-full of busy. On … Continue reading
The Dissertation Defense
Hello, All. It’s been a while since my last update or post; no excuses or apologies, its just the nature of the Spring term. As a professor I deeply admire told me once during a conversation about being overwhelmed, “At … Continue reading
Posted in Dissertating, General Graduate Student Advice, Research and Scholarship, Uncategorized
Tagged advice for doctoral students, advice for Graduate Students, dissertation defense, doctoral student, grad school, Graduate School, graduate student, preparing to defend a dissertation, writing a dissertation
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The Week In Review: February 1-7, 2016
I skipped the Weeks in Review posts for the last two weeks in January because first, I was slammed finishing up my dissertation and second, we were all slammed here in North Carolina with a major winter storm that resulted … Continue reading
The Week In Review: October 5-11
Research Carol Clover, “Regardless of Sex: Men, Women, and Power in Early Northern Europe,” Speculum 68.2 (1993): pp. 263-287. Jesse L. Byock, Feud in the Icelandic Saga (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983) and Medieval Iceland: Society, Sagas, and Power … Continue reading
Dress to Impress: You, The (Pre-Professional) Graduate [Teaching Assistant] Student
It’s understandable that, being classified as a “graduate student,” it’s sometimes difficult to view yourself also as a professional, but this is the shift you need to learn how to make during your time in graduate school. As a graduate student you are, of course, still a student, but you are a student actively engaged in becoming a professional; in fact, it might be helpful to consider yourself an apprentice in your field of study, rather than a student. The most visible outward sign that you have successfully navigated this shift lies in your sartorial choices. So today, I’m going to talk wardrobe with you. Continue reading
The Week In Review, March 9-15 2015 (Or, “You Call That a Spring Break?!”)
So, this week was our university’s spring break, which in teaching assistant terms when you are the instructor-of-record for your courses means, “the seven days you’ve got to catch up on all of the things you haven’t been able to … Continue reading
The Week In Review, February 23-March 1, 2015
Research For the Dissertation: Timothy J. Tomasik and Juliann M. Vitullo, eds., At the Table: Metaphorical and Material Cultures of Food in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (Brepols, 2007) Robin Chapman Stacy, “Law and Lawbooks in Mediaeval Wales” in History … Continue reading
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Tagged grad school, grad school life, graduate student life, graduate workload
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The Week In Review, February 16-22, 2015
I really do have big plans for new posts for the blog–I still need to post about the actual comps exams process, I have a post about “what to wear” that’s been in the works for nearly 6 months now, … Continue reading
The Week In Review, February 9-15, 2015
I had significantly less service work on my schedule this week than I did last week, which is a good thing, since I was so behind in drafting for my dissertation. Research I spent another day in the Folger stacks, … Continue reading
SMART New Year’s Resolutions For Graduate Students
It’s January 2. Happy New Year! Statistically speaking, only 8% of Americans who make them achieve their New Year’s resolutions, and most people who go into the new year with a list of resolutions to achieve start out strong and … Continue reading
Posted in General Graduate Student Advice
Tagged advice for doctoral students, advice for grad students, advice for Graduate Students, being a successful doctoral student, dealing with graduate school, doctoral student, goals-setting in grad school, grad school, making goals for yourself as a graduate student, SMART goal setting
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Melissa Ridley Elmes 