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
Choosing the Right Advisor
Today’s post is mostly for those of you that are newbies preparing to transition to graduate school in the next month but could also be for those needing to transition to a new research group. This transition is exciting and full of anxiety about what your near future holds. And pandemic or not, this anxiety would still be there. One thing that I hope you will be less anxious about though, is ... Read More
One Up with Leadership
One day, and I don’t know where you’re at in your doctoral journey, but one day you will leave this chapter of your life behind and move on to your next career step. For many of you, you will be applying for positions (regardless of if they’re in academia, industry, private sector, government, non-profits) that will be competitive. You are competing not just against your peers in your immediate ... Read More