Spring 2022 is the semester in which I try to stay afloat while dealing with the grief and all the practical issues surrounding my mother's death. I also have a number of injuries behind me, and the realization that I…
Over a year ago, I launched the PhD Talk podcast together with my cohost Rico. As Rico is focusing on the homestretch of his PhD, I will continue the podcast with a starting PhD candidate, Sarah. As I'm writing this…
In academia, there's this prevailing standard of the "right" way to do things in our career. Publish at the right venues, get the correct international experience, network with the important players, and work as much as possible. This way of…
Getting a "major revisions" decision is quite common. In fact, if you don't get a desk reject, then major revisions is the most common decision to expect. So, while you may feel beaten down by seven pages of comments from…
For many years, my daily writing was something I swore by. Every workday, for the first 1-2 hours of the day, I would write. This strategy has been crucial for me in making my writing priority. Fast forward to 2020…
I have started to have a different mindset around dealing with email. While I originally tried to avoid as much as possible spending time in my mailbox, I've come to understand that replying messages is part of my job. It's…
As I recently wrote about PhD candidate with a side hustle, I received a follow-up question: Good. I have read this article Eva and found it interesting indeed. In my case, I have undertaken part-time classes for undergraduate students in…
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…
Some time ago, I successfully appealed to an editorial decision in name of my coauthors. While I don't want to name and shame other academics here, it is necessary for this story that the article was submitted to a Frontiers…
Browsing through my archives, I came across some of my hopes and expectations I had 10 years ago about my faculty position. My ideal at that time was to spend 4 days a week on teaching and research, and send…
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