After hosting Jenna's guest post on self-care in academia, I was contacted by John Elmes from the Times Higher Education who got interested in this topic. He asked me and Jenna a few additional questions, and used this material for…
Today, I am interviewing Catherine Pope for the "How I Work" series. Catherine holds a PhD in Victorian literature and culture from the University of Sussex. She is a digital and research skills trainer and has also published ebooks on…
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…
Today, I am interviewing Paul Brownbill in the "How I Work" series. Paul has been working as a PhD researcher since October 2014 on the project titled: 'Caring for people who have dementia in Community Hospitals: A longitudinal ethnographic study…
Today I have invited Sheila M. Cronin to talk about her most recent novel, in which the main character is a PhD candidate. Sheila obtained her master's degree in mental health sciences from Hahnemann Medical Graduate School (now Drexel) of…
Today I am interviewing Katherine Firth for the "How I Work" series. Catherine is Head of Academic Programs at Trinity College, where she manages the Residential College’s tutorial and visiting scholar’s programs. She is an award-winning educator at the University…
I recently gave a presentation at the ACI Spring Convention about the research I carried out during my stay in Delft in Summer 2014, and deep into 2015 at distance.The abstract for the presentation is as follows:In August 2014, the…
Today, I am interviewing Adrian Letchford in the "How I Work" series. Adrian didn’t go to school - his parents taught their children at home. They taught them how to teach themselves, a skill everyone should have according to Adrian.…
Today, I have the pleasure of hosting Helen Kara who wrote a guest post in which she highlights some elements of her recently published book on creative research methods. Helen has been an independent researcher and writer for the last…
Today, I am interviewing George Musgrave for the "How I Work" series. George's BA was in Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge where he was elected into a Titular Scholarship. He then did an MA in Politics,…
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