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Two Modes of Study

thecheesewolf wrote 5 days ago:   Precise amounts of manganese Dissolved with hormones: scattered truths. Across a desk a mound … more →

Tags: Poems of Hearing and Time, Facts, Joy, Learning, Lessons, life study, measurement, Pain, Poetry

Time's up: crossing the doctoral finish line

Evelyn Tsitas wrote 5 days ago: I had replayed the scene in my head many times – actually walking into the shop and getting my … more →

Tags: Creative Writing, creative writing PhD, doctoral deadlines, frankenstein, parenting and study, PhD Completion, Thesis Writing, Time Management, University Life

It’s all in your head: the psychological game of fiction writing

Evelyn Tsitas wrote 1 week ago: The reason there are so many fabulous moments on screen of writers struggling with their prose – mor … more →

Tags: Creative Writing, creative writing PhD, Creativity, frankenstein, Time Management, Writing Strategies, Douglas Kennedy, François Ozon, Julia

Developing youth work in Leeds

randlcandy wrote 2 weeks ago: Kate Alty and is carrying out a piece of research for the Leeds Church Institute on Youth Work Provi … more →

Tags: Youth, Education, Training, youth work, Leeds Church Institute, education and training of young people

Doctoral companion species? The Creative Writing project and exegesis

Evelyn Tsitas wrote 3 weeks ago: Just as I have spent the past four years exploring the hybrid in science fiction – a character that … more →

Tags: Academic conferences, chimeras, Creative Writing, creative writing PhD, Creativity, doctoral deadlines, Doctoral misery, Horror, Science Fiction

My Creative Space: The Place Where I Write

Evelyn Tsitas wrote 3 weeks ago: I have always been fascinated by where writers make their work. Of course, it’s a well worn cliché t … more →

Tags: Creative Writing, creative writing PhD, Creativity, parenting and study, Writing Strategies, Alison Moyet, Creative Spaces, doll's house, Francesca Premoli-Droulers

Do rewards kill intrinsic motivation?

Jericho Jak wrote 1 month ago: [Update: April 21, 2013] I completely rewritten this post, as I hadn’t yet finished the resear … more →

Tags: What I'm Reading, Science, book, qa, Lecture, Article, Links

Somewhat distracted: when your doctorate is more real than life

Evelyn Tsitas wrote 1 month ago: It looks as if someone has had a wedding in my house. By that I do not mean it is festooned with flo … more →

Tags: chimeras, Creative Writing, creative writing PhD, Creativity, doctoral deadlines, Doctoral misery, parenting and study, PhD Completion, Thesis Writing

Angle in charcoal

kivimakiartstudio wrote 1 month ago: This is a charcoal drawing done from a cast that was done over the past year.  With the cast drawing … more →

Tags: Drawing, angel, Art, cast, charcoal, Drawing 2

Thinking of Spring

kivimakiartstudio wrote 1 month ago: Natalia sat for us again over the winter semester at the ARA.  It was a long cold winter and all I c … more →

Tags: Drawing, Figure, models, Art, charcoal, Drawing 2, Figure Drawing, Figure Model

My novel is a cyborg! Adventures with my Creative Writing PhD

Evelyn Tsitas wrote 1 month ago: The PhD in Creative Writing makes demands of writer that simply getting down and dirty with the nove … more →

Tags: chimeras, Creative Writing, creative writing PhD, Creativity, Doctoral misery, frankenstein, Horror, PhD Completion, Thesis Writing

Spirituality at the University—Twenty Years Later

jonasvb wrote 1 month ago: Philip Endean’s “Spirituality and the University,” first published in The Way 84 (1995): 87-99, serv … more →

Tags: panel discussion, experience?, intellectual reflection, Transformation., everyday life, Diversity, Schneiders, McGinn, Theology

Nerd love

Vicky wrote 1 month ago: This post is brought to you by a crushing sense of guilt. I haven’t blogged here for ages. AGE … more →

Tags: Random Rambling, physics, Funny, nerd, Proposal, Romantic, Physicist, engaged, April Fools Day

PhD on Board: the agony of the final trimester

Evelyn Tsitas wrote 1 month ago: I can’t sleep. I dream about the chapter I have just written. People have started asking for advice … more →

Tags: Creative Writing, Creativity, doctoral deadlines, Doctoral misery, PhD Completion, Thesis Writing, Time Management, academic study, Creativity

a great academic paper: "Playing Favorites: How Firms Prevent the Revelation of Bad News"

dduane wrote 1 month ago: A sidebar next to the “Heard on the Street” column of yesterday’s Wall Street Jour … more →

Tags: earnings conference calls, good academic articles, Industry Analysis, investment firms, Portfolio Management, Stock Ideas, Christopher Malloy, Dong Lou, Lauren Cohen

Chimera or hybrid? The pain of naming the monster1 comment

Evelyn Tsitas wrote 1 month ago: There is a flip side to having a hottie research topic that I hadn’t really considered until now. Wh … more →

Tags: chimeras, Creative Writing, doctoral deadlines, Doctoral misery, Horror, PhD Completion, Science Fiction, Writing Strategies, Chimeras

How to Study Long and Hard and Still Fail...

Jericho Jak wrote 1 month ago: I stole the title for this post from Samford University professor Dr. Stephen Chew, who created the … more →

Tags: Science, qa, Article, Links, Video, inProgress

How to Study Long and Hard and Still Fail...

Jericho Jak wrote 1 month ago: I stole the title for this post from Samford University professor Dr. Stephen Chew, who created the … more →

Tags: Public, Science, qa, Article, Links, Video

Lean In: Getting your PhD fast, focused and finished1 comment

Evelyn Tsitas wrote 2 months ago: Are you Leaning In? Or Falling Over? Sheryl Sandberg’s manifesto for women’s career success has ange … more →

Tags: Creative Writing, doctoral deadlines, Doctoral misery, PhD Completion, Time Management, work work balance, Writing Strategies, career success, lean in


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