Novel Ideas

Novel Ideas is my weekly feature about my experiences in graduate school, working toward my Ph.D in Education. I’m trying to commit to posting at least something each week, whether it be insightful, academic, reflective, humorous, ridiculous, or informative. It may not be a typical journey into the world of academia, but it’s my journey.

Year One

1. Welcome to Grad School
2. In My Mailbox, Grad School Edition
3. A Backpack, A Bus Pass, and a Coffee Mug
4. We Don’t Want Yo’ Stinkin’ Ancedotes
5. Campus Fashion
6. The Compensatory Differential
7. “You’re Still in Training!”
8. Coffee, Coffee, Coffee
9. Grad School Guilt
10. On the Fence
11. Shit Graduate Students Say
12. Scary Workload
13. First Year vs. Freshman
14. Zotero Love
15. Thanksgiving
16. Futility
17. One Semester Down
18. Like a Grad Student on Christmas
19. New Semester Resolutions
20. Required Reading
21. My First Conference
22. A Good Place to Sit
23. Attacking Higher Ed
24. Some People Never Learn
25. On Course
26. Things I’m Afraid to Tell You
27. Library Haul
28. Europe, Here I Come
29. Grad Student Rap
30. How I Read for Fun in Graduate School
31. Academic Book Mini Reviews
32. 7 Things Not To Say to a Graduate Student
33. One Year Down…