This week don't write. This week don't think. This week don't beat yourself up. This week don't put forth anything more than "sufficient"...

That quote is by Flannery O'Connor. She spent most of her life in Milledgeville, GA about two and a half hours from where I live. I like...

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...

I came across this article recently on making it through the Ph.D. experience, and I wanted to share: https://diverseeducation.com/articl...

The first day of spring is coming up. As we shift from winter to spring, what are your plans? YOUR PLANS ARE TO KEEP WORKING TOWARD YOUR...

None of us write a dissertation on our own. We need a community to support us. That includes faculty, supervisors, family, and other...

I read the article below the other day and wanted to share in my blog. (I guess all of these blog posts could start that way). It talks...

No matter how organized you are or focused or dedicated. No matter how confident you are that you are headed toward success through the...

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...

I tell the master's students in the student affairs program that they are unlikely to find anyone as good at cover letters as I am. I...

You've finished all or most of your coursework and your comps. What's next? Well... lots of things. Here is a recent article with some...

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...

I 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...

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

I 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....

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...

This week I wanted to share a recent and important story. Roxana Quispe Collantes recently wrote her entire dissertation in Quechua - the...

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...

You will hear this from me repeatedly about dissertation proposals and defenses: please don't bring food. First of all, students should...