Today's guest post is a contribution from Patrick Bigsby. Patrick is an alumnus, former employee, and diehard wrestling fan of the University of Iowa. He currently clerks for the Hon. Jessica R. Bear, Chief Judge of the Meskwaki Nation Tribal Court. About two…
It's time to wrap up the year, and make some end-of-year lists. In made lists with the 10 best books I read in a year in 2014 and 2015, and I'll keep this habit up.I pledged to read 40 books…
Today, I have the pleasure of hosting Dr. Brian Regal in the "PhD Defenses around the world" series. Dr. Regal teaches the history of science, technology, and medicine at Kean University in New Jersey. He is the author of a…
Today's guest post is a contribution from Seán Mac Fhearraigh, PhD. Seán was a PhD student at University College Dublin & a post-doc a Cambridge University where he studied mechanisms of cell division. Currently Seán run’s an ELISA assay company…
Today, I've invited a shadow scholar to share her experience on writing and procrastinating with us. Stacey Marone is a graduate of Social Sciences, freelance writer and contributor for a paper mill website. She likes exploring new cultures, languages and…
Those of you who follow me on Twitter, or that have checked my list of guest posts, know that I write reviews for Darkview. This means that I get a steady stream of review copies of CDs sent to me,…
This year, I did not have the chance to travel to IABMAS. However, my former student Ms. Flores-Valverde traveled to IABMAS to present her thesis work as well as the paper of myself and my coauthors. The abstract of her…
I recently received this e-mail from a reader:Hi there,In your "mean and lean" approach to class preparation you state: 45 minutes to construct the argument around the 'what if' question. Would you mind elaborating on this? I'd be interested to…
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…
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