I've been writing about finding more joy in the past, and on how my focus changed from trying to log one enjoyable thing per day to creating memories.As I am writing this, in a pandemic that will stretch on for…
I lowered my expectations for the summer semester, but it still hit me hard that I had to teach every day for 8 weeks. Surprisingly, I had not included the goals turn my course into a blended flexible course, program…
In these pandemic times, it's difficult to look back on what I planned in December 2019 for this year. For a few months, I simply did not look at my goals as it was too painful to see all my…
This semester, I've asked my students to fill out an "entrance ticket" questionnaire before the start of class. I've learned some technical things with regard to the use of qualtrics forms(and I noticed I received 34 responses for the 23…
This post is part of the series PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: posts written for the Dutch academic career network AcademicTransfer, your go-to resource for all research positions in the Netherlands. These posts are sponsored by AcademicTransfer, and tailored to those…
Today, I have the pleasure of inviting Ipek Saralar-Aras to share her experience in the PhD Defense. Ipek is a qualified mathematics teacher who works on designing lessons to improve students’ understanding of spatial geometry. She has worked, volunteered and…
View this post on InstagramBy (popular) demand: an example of my BuJo with everything filled out. Left: daily priorities, writing and email tracking. Right: weekly priorities across categories, log of the week (I.e. what did I achieve?)A post shared by…
Today,I have the pleasure of inviting Sunday Olusegun to share his PhD journey. Sunday J. Olusegun holds a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil under TWAS-CNPq (World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science…
As part of my goals for 2019, I (attempted to) quit added refined sugar for 40 days. The first two days I also stayed away from bread and potatoes, which I did not like (those foods are my staples!).Since people…
On April 30th, I gave an online lecture for ANEIC Ecuador about my perhaps unusual trajectory as a researcher with a heart for music. You can find the slides here: The road to breaking bridges and stereotypes from Eva Lantsoght
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