I've been wanting to write this post for a long time (since Summer 2018, to be exact), and now that I found this half-baked draft back in my folder with ideas, I knew it was time to finish writing out…
We're three weeks into October, and I just realized I did not send a September newsletter at all. This one sentence could be a summary of how my Fall 2021 semester is going. But for the sake of blogging, I…
Poll for academics of all ranks. Are you: — Dr Eva Lantsoght (@evalantsoght) July 5, 2021 A while ago, I ran a poll on Twitter to see which percentage of academics are parents. I received only 83 votes, so my…
Some time ago, I received this excellent question: How do you reconcile current system of having short term contracts in your 30s and the pressure in tenure track-like positions with having a baby? I had my daughter when I was…
Some time ago, I received a technical question on how to find the effective width in shear for a wide member subjected to a concentrated load. Here's the quick answer: For flexural shear in wide members, an effective width needs…
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…
A while ago, I received the following question about having social time in my weekly template: Interesting blog, but it struck me as odd that there was no "social time" scheduled (I checked your blog on your PhD schedule and…
As I'm going through my pending questions to answer, on this blog, I came across this question: I am new to this whole blogging thing...so, when the blog get posted, will it be considered a "publication" or something that I…
We all know that professors teach and do research. We may have the idea that professors have oceans of time to think deep thoughts and read leisurely in their armchair. In reality, professors juggle a lot of tasks - and…
When you are new to teaching, preparing class, and making sure you stay up to date with everything related to your class, may seem like a daunting task. You have new material to prepare, a course to structure, exams to…
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