"Sometimes you get lucky and your work stalks you like a tiger, and all you have to do is stand there and let it leap on you. Most of the...

We all get run down at times. We need to rest, refuel, and then resume. Once you get to the point that you have finished classwork, it is...

My nephew Zak a few years ago during a photo shoot I did with him in Portland, Maine. Remember when you were excited to apply for the...

As you get ready for your proposal or dissertation, you will get to explore, struggle through, and successfully complete new writing...

Click the button above. It will take you to a wonderful little video. Trust me. You'll appreciate it. I think. (pause) Yes, you will. At...

I thought I'd focus on love this week with "that February holiday" approaching. I love my students. For me, that means that I care very...

Whether you are taking a course, preparing for comps or your proposal, or working on your dissertation, things will come up that you did...

For those of you who will be defending your dissertation this spring or over the summer, a few words of advice: Keep going. Swear a...

Be good to yourselves. If you have a negative inner voice, confront it, care for it, help it heal, whatever you need to do. So much of...

If you read the title as "Yeti" and are excited to hear my thoughts about and experiences with the abominable snowman, you are about to...

Hi. So if you're nervous about your dissertation defense, here are some things to consider: 1. If you've chosen your committee well, they...

Cou is French for "neck" Rage is English for "rage" Therefore, "courage" means rage that you didn't stick you neck out and try to learn...

If you don't have a graduate school playlist that you update periodically, I strongly recommend you develop one. Suggestions: *...

If you think that you can't do this doctoral thing, it's okay. If you need to ask for clarification about things in class, in writing, or...

Lonely. Isolated. Alone. Solitude. Once upon a time, I did my dissertation study about a teaching and learning conference. I interviewed...

"This will be the class where they will pull me aside and say, 'We know you're trying really hard, but a doctoral program just isn't for...

Today I have advice for you that I think is so important AND that I often fail to take myself. Maybe we can remind each other to do this...

If you know me, you know that I try to be pretty transparent in my relationship with imposter phenomenon. First coined and explored by...

Someone once shared, "I have written 11 books, but each time I think, 'Uh oh. They're going to find out now. I've run a game on everybody...

Follow a prescriptive outline as you do your graduate study or forge ahead in your own individual way? The answer is probably YES.