Departments can help students by building community
Imagine this: Your academic department hosts weekly or biweekly Zoom meetings. Each time, one former student is…
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Your PhD won’t get you a good job (sorry)
One of the key texts for PhDs seeking careers outside academia is called “So What Are You Going to Do With That?”…
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My grad school application advice
‘tis the season for graduate school application advice. (Fun fact: The advice is often contradictory. “Reach out for…
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What if academic job apps were less burdensome?
I’m thinking this morning about what it would be like if academic job searches in North America required a LOT less from…
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My Most Popular Content from 2020: Top Tweets by Replies
My tweets that got the most replies (400+ each) in 2020: ? What’s the origin story of you doing your PhD dissertation…
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New Report on PhD Career Transitions in Canada
The Council of Canadian Academies’ new government-sponsored report, Degrees of Success, is now out and available to read…
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Featured on Science for Progress podcast
Thanks to Dr. Dennis Eckmeier for inviting me on his podcast, Science for Progress. We discussed how to make a career…
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My Most Popular Content from 2020: Top Tweets by Likes
Ever wonder what topics are most popular with my followers? (lol, maybe not, but I was curious!) I took a quick look…
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