Dear readers,I've published a new book "The A-Z of the PhD Trajectory" in the Springer Texts in Education. You can read all about it (and buy it!) on the Springer website.The book is full of new material. There are topics…
You may remember Dr. Amber Davis from her guest posts on "How to become a productive slacker," "Challenge your office mentality," and "Using your physiology to your advantage."I have excellent news - and for this exceptional news, I am publishing…
Today I am interviewing Margaret Breidenbaugh for the "How I Work" series. Born and raised in Ohio’s first capital, Chillicothe, Margaret Breidenbaugh completed her undergraduate work in music composition and vocal performance at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. A search…
My coauthors and I recently published a paper titled "Long-term material and structural behavior of high-strength concrete cantilever bridge: Results of 20 years monitoring" in Structural Concrete. In this paper, we report the results of material and structural behavior based…
Earlier this year, I ran a poll on Twitter to see what fellow academics struggle most with. The winning category in the poll was "prioritizing and distractions", but "writing" and "funding" also got a fair share of votes. Additionally, some…
Every now and then, I mention how important music is for me - to stay sane, to fuel my writing, to keep me curious and creative. Some time ago, I made a list oof my top 20 albums - many…
Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Nicolai Brodersen Hansen for the "How I Work" series. Nicolai holds a PhD from Aarhus University, Denmark and specializes in Codesign and Participatory Design design processes with a specific focus on materials…
I recently ran a poll on Twitter to see if it is common to write discussions to journal papers. With this term, I meant to ask if researchers submit a written discussion of an interesting recently published paper. I've only…
Today, I'm hosting Daniel Sherwin with a guest post. Daniel is a single dad raising two children. At DadSolo.com, he aims to provide other single dads with information and resources to help them better equip themselves on the journey that…
I ran a poll on Twitter to see when an academic is considered mid-career. As I'm still looking for ways to replace Storify, I tried out Wakelet this time (see below). The general consensus seems to be that mid-career is…
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