Today, I have the pleasure of inviting Kimberley Mitchell in the "How I Work" series. Kim is a registered nurse and has been an instructor in the nursing department at Red River College in Winnipeg, Canada since 2002 where she…
I recently ran a poll on Twitter about the average length of the PhD defense or viva. Even though we all have heard the horror stories of defenses lasting 6 hours or more, the average defense seems to last between…
I recently received this reader email, which can be interesting for other readers of PhD Talk as well (edited for anonymity):Dear Eva Lantsoght,I earned my Bachelors of Field and M.Sc. in Field Economics from the University of Somewhere and desiring…
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…
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…