So here we are in a New Year. Tougher and more self-aware from having made it through a tumultuous last year. Hopeful for a better year in life and in school. Yet also present in the reality of imposing obligations with a truer sense of how fast time really flies. That said, where should you start with getting ahead of yourself this year so that the goals that you set truly are achieved when you ... Read More

Consider for a moment that since your whole K-12 and undergraduate experience that you have relied on everyone else to help guide you through your educational training. In fact, in those years everything for the most part was already laid out for you in terms of teachers, curriculum, and even when you chose your own major as an undergraduate the requirements to get that major were also laid out to ... Read More

The most painful writing exercise next to writing your first manuscript draft and getting your advisor’s feedback, is often making the necessary revisions from reviewers to get your work published. I know you’ve been working on this manuscript for what seems like an eternity and after you felt relief and excitement about getting it submitted to that top-tier journal (or even low-tier), it comes ... Read More