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Zettelkasten: My New Everything System

November 2023 Zettelkasten: My New Everything System I know, I know. Did a PhD student once again get distracted by the tools to get their reading annotating, and storage of papers in order, rather than just reading and writing? The jury may forever be out on that...

Academic Conferences are Settler Colonialism

April 2023 Academic Conferences are Settler Colonialism Positionality Statement:I am a hapa haole with a diasporic relationship to the Hawaiian Islands lasting over 100 years. My mother’s side immigrated from an island off the shores of Cebu City in the...

Finding Academic Community

October 2023 Finding Academic Community I was speaking with a PhD student in my department this morning. I referenced a colleague and good friend of mine at a university across the country and they asked, “Wait, how did you meet this person?” The question...

PhD Candidacy FAQ

September 2023 PhD Candidacy Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Okay, I wrote “The Qualifying Exam” and “A PhD Candidacy Postmortem,” so check those out too. This post is going to be more straightforward questions I have been asked and my...

A PhD Candidacy Postmortem

September 2023 A PhD Candidacy Postmortem I wrote this post in the summer of 2022 and a lot has changed since then! While it is still a useful primer for getting a general overview of what candidacy can look like, it doesn’t provide more granular, experiential...