By Joshua Kim. Why a NYTimes story 'The Follower Factory' made me think about social media incentives for alternative academics. More...
Anatomy of an Assignment Sheet
By addressing the style and content of your assignment sheets, you can help students write better papers. More...
Where to Begin With Building a Website
I’ve heard quite a bit of debate lately about whether or not graduate students need to build their own websites. Some have argued that it’s become an essential part of “branding yourself” while others argue that it represents a serious investment of time and resources that would be better spent getting another publication line on your C.V. More...
Writing and its Hurdles: Encountering Writing as a Multilingual Graduate Student
How to navigate unclear expectations when writing as an international and/or multilingual graduate student. More...
Combating Isolation Through Peer Writing Groups
The case for engaging with others to boost scholarly productivity.
Publish or perish. Sink or swim. Do or die. More...
Disabled in Grad School: Mentoring
This post is part of a (somewhat loose) series about being disabled at university, with a focus on graduate school: problems we encounter, how we deal with them, and what you can do that will make things easier for fellow graduate students with disabilities. More...
The Helpful Host: A Guide to Recruitment
Some things to keep in mind when you help present your grad program to prospective students. More...
Coffee, Coffee, Coffee
Coffee, tea, java, brew, brain juice, liquid heaven. Caffeine is what makes the world of academia work and the thing guaranteed to bring even the most reclusive grad student to an early morning seminar. Yet somehow I've completely missed the caffeine train. More...
Collaboration on the Academic Job Market
When I say job market, you most likely feel a pang of dread somewhere deep in your body. Maybe you want to look away because you don’t want to acknowledge the train wreck in your future, or maybe it’s because you’re deep in the process yourself and don’t want to read/hear another word about it. More...
The Wedding Planner
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and, with any luck, you’ve already made plans with your sweetie. Finding time for romance, whether that means sharing a box of conversation hearts, sending a tubagram, or even buying some airtime on your local jumbotron, can be difficult for grad students. More...