Mama PhD

It’s something every parent has experienced … the mournful cries of a sick child in the middle of the night...

There’s a block of time on my calendar this morning marked “work at home or behind closed doors: grade” and...

Wrongs Must Be Writed! I'm away from school working on my thesis at another institution. I noticed the other day...

Several weeks ago, an article ran in Inside Higher Ed about the interest of many graduate students in jobs that...

Is it just me, or has there been a spate of publications suggesting that your child’s intelligence, personality, and future...

This season, the biology doctorate program in which I work had a wonderfully diverse, interesting and impressive pool of applicants...

This week I’m planning my summer class, ordering books and sketching out the syllabus. I’ve also just put in a...

Two questions today, one for me, one for the readers. Any advice if you have a crappy advisor? I am...