I recently wrote about how I am struggling with my schedule during my first semester of teaching. All those journal papers that I was going to churn out quickly from my dissertation - don't ask me about them! But the…
Great news to share - not a new publication this time, but I've been invited to become a member of the Concrete Bridges Committee of the Transportation Research Board.Moreover, my university Universidad San Francisco de Quito made a post and…
Arjenne Louter, better known as The Dutch PhD Coach, is starting a new course titled, "The Best Way to a Successful PhD". Before the course, there will be a free webinar on March 27th (you ALL should attend this, my…
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 hosting Dr. Ben Libberton, who shares his best advice for the literature review with us. Ben is a Postdoc at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He’s a microbiologist with a degree from the…
I recently had a short discussion on workloads in academia, after seeing in my ManicTime charts that I had worked 100 hours a few weeks earlier - which pretty much translates to working every waking hour. You can find the…
Just like last year, I've given a presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Last year, I wrote as well about navigating TRB for the first time, and how I enjoyed using the conference app. Like last…
This week, I have the pleasure of hosting Amber Davis, who is sharing her knowledge on 3 important aspects we need to take care of to facilitate the process of writing the dissertation. Amber is a political scientist and PhD…
Spring 2014 is my first semester in which I have a full course load to teach - and from now on, I'll (most likely) be teaching 3 courses in Spring and 3 courses in Fall. This semester. I'm teaching 3…
Today, I have the pleasure of hosting Helen Kara who wrote a guest post in which she highlights some elements of her recently published book about saving time in research. Helen Kara has been an independent researcher and writer for…
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