mboettcJan 21, 20202 minSharpen Your AxeToday 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...
mboettcJan 14, 20201 minMystery SolvedI love this comic. I have seen it online several times. I am not sure of the original source or I'd give credit. Suffice to say, I...
mboettcJan 9, 20202 minIMPOSTER!If you know me, you know that I try to be pretty transparent in my relationship with imposter phenomenon. First coined and explored by...
mboettcDec 30, 20191 minReflectionI love this time of year. I like looking back. I do not love New Year's Eve in the party sense, but I do love it in the reflective sense....
mboettcDec 23, 20191 minTake a break.I hope that things are going well for you. Today finds me in the midst of the semester break. While I am writing and reading and prepping...
mboettcDec 16, 20191 minLanguage MattersThis week I wanted to share a recent and important story. Roxana Quispe Collantes recently wrote her entire dissertation in Quechua - the...
mboettcDec 9, 20192 min"I have written 11 books..."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...
mboettcDec 3, 20191 min Food for ThoughtYou will hear this from me repeatedly about dissertation proposals and defenses: please don't bring food. First of all, students should...
mboettcNov 22, 20192 minIf you don't have time to read...Stephen King said, "If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that." This is as true for...
mboettcNov 22, 20191 minI write to discover what I know.The title of this entry is a Flannery O'Connor quote. She is one of my favorite writers, however I have to read her in small doses...
mboettcJul 6, 20191 minWriter's BlockThese are some great suggestions. Sometimes I find myself stuck and instead of leaving and coming back to the writing, I just sit. Rarely...
mboettcJul 6, 20191 minHow to do Graduate Education...Follow a prescriptive outline as you do your graduate study or forge ahead in your own individual way? The answer is probably YES.
mboettcJul 6, 20191 minTeaching AND Doing Research as a Doctoral StudentWhether you are teaching, working full time, or a full-time student, there are great pieces of advice in this article. One of my...
mboettcJul 5, 20191 minIn Case You Need Humor... Maybe This Will HelpNo guarantees on this. #humor, #college