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Organize your Reading

June 24, 2020 Filed Under: Graduate Success

Starting a new research project, writing a dissertation chapter or manuscript, or even being able to understand a seminar speaker’s research all require massive amounts of literature reading. And this reading isn’t as simple as reading “Oh the thinks you can think” by Dr. Seuss. We’re talking about intense reading in a discipline specific language that sounds foreign by all means, until you become ... Read More

A Sense of Urgency

June 17, 2020 Filed Under: Graduate Success

Being in graduate school gives you the impression that you always have time. Time to run this experiment. Time to write that paper. Time to schedule a committee meeting. Time to get back into the mood of working hard. Time to come up with an idea for your independent proposal. Time to lead in this organization. Or time to volunteer in that program. There is always this sense that you have time ... Read More

#ShutDownAcademia

June 10, 2020 Filed Under: Uncategorized

Today is #ShutDownAcademia #ShutDownSTEM #Strike4BlackLives Day. A day for White and nonBlack persons of color to take time to reflect on racist ideas, activities, and environments in their institutions that have and continue to perpetuate racism against Black students, faculty, and staff in the academy. It also is a day and time for Black students, faculty, and staff to attend to their own needs. ... Read More

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Renã AS Robinson is a world-class researcher, chemist, scientist, professor, STEM advocate, and entrepreneur. She is a wife and proud mother of two young children and lives in the Nashville, TN area.

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