Welcome to the Course

Absolute Beginners

Applying and Getting Ready

The Summer Before Grad School Begins

Phd Application Statement of Purpose: A Metaphor

First Year Chaos

Helping Your Potential Advisor Advocate for You

How Often to Meet With Your Advisor

How to Research Potential Advisors (Proquest Trick)

No One Remembers Your Application

Dating in Grad School

First Round Interviews

Working with Your Advisors

Advising Your Advisor on How to Advise

Getting Your Research Off the Ground

That Was Then. Diss is Now. (Read more dissertations!)

One Note, One Card: Back to Basics

Start Attending Job Talks Now

Orals and Comps

Auditioning Faculty to Be on Your Committee

How to Practice for Orals

What is Orals For, Anyway?

How to Begin Every Orals Exam Answer

Coursework

How to Choose Courses in Grad School

Methodological Promiscuity

Don't Max Out Credits

Transferring MA Credits

Language Training

Start Reading for Orals... Now

Your First Research Paper

From Proposal to Final Paper

Independent Study/Directed Reading Beware

Critique Like a Writer

Getting Feedback from Profs ("You Need to Learn to Write Better" story)

Challenges and Traumas

Losing Your Advisor

Mental Health Begins Now

Your First TAship

Creating a Section Syllabus

Working with Your TA Course Faculty

Your First Course Evaluation

Paying the Price for a Crappy Prof: What to Do with Bad Evaluations

Social Media for Grad Students

TikTok for Grad Students

Twitter for Grad Students

YouTube for Grad Students

LinkedIn for Grad Students

Facebook for Grad Students

Creating a Professional Website

The Second Year

The Summer Before Year 2

Sophomore Slump

When to Start a Secret Life

On-Campus or Off? Where to Live

Your Secret Life

Networking and Relationships

Having a Child in Grad School

Dating in Grad School

A Death in the Family

Physical Fitness

Mental Health Redux

How (and Why) to Avoid Cliques

Meet a 6th Year and Ask Advice

Activism, On and Beyond Campus

Conferences, Workshops, and Writing Groups

Conferences: When to Apply for the First Time?

How (and Why) to Form a Writing Group

Fellowships and Grants

How to Write a Statement of Purpose

Letters of Recommendation: How and When to Ask for Them

The Dissertation

The Contours of a Dissertation?

Time to Completion

Switching Dissertation Topics

Filing and Defending

To Embargo or Not to Embargo?

Do This Right After Your Defense

When to Approach Editors

How to Begin Every Orals Exam Answer

You are unauthorized to view this page.