Reviewing as a PhD-Student?

Even though you are still a PhD-student,you can be asked to review manuscripts for journals or conferences. Perhaps because your area of expertise relates to an article and someone else has recommended you,or maybe because you have indicated to be available for a certain review process,such as reviewing for the . . . →Read More:Reviewing as a PhD-Student?

The Post-Doc Option

I recently had the opportunity to discuss this topic with Nick Berente,Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business. Upon earning his PhD,he spent two years in a post-doc position at the University of Michigan’s School of Information before landing a tenure-track position at Georgia. Nick was gracious enough to share his experiences as a post-doc and offer up the following advice: . . . →Read More:The Post-Doc Option

Living on a Graduate Student Budget Part II

Many of us have had professional jobs in our respective industries before returning to school,and adjusting to a much lower salary can be stressful at first. Learning to live on a Grad Student Salary can be challenging,but here are some tips. . . . →Read More:Living on a Graduate Student Budget Part II

Surviving Your First Year As A Student

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Over the course of my first year in the PhD program at the University of Georgia,I have learned many things.  I’ll leave it up to your professors to educate you on the dominant theories in your field of study and how to become a successful scholar.  In this post,I would like to share . . . →Read More:Surviving Your First Year As A Student

Interview with Mike Smith

Interview with Mike Smith –Associate Professor of Information Systems and Marketing,Heinz College,Carnegie Mellon University

Michael D. Smith is an Associate Professor of Information Systems and Marketing and co-director of the Center for Digital Media Research at Carnegie Mellon University,with appointments at the Heinz College’s School of Information Systems and Management . . . →Read More:Interview with Mike Smith

Strengthsfinder

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I’ve recently been going through a book based on Gallup data on identifying individual strengths and putting them to work in your career.  It was very interesting to see what kinds of roles and tasks are suited for different individuals,as well as the process (psychometric,cluster analysis,etc.) Gallup went through to identify these . . . →Read More:Strengthsfinder

Is it my…?

What can I say…

 

A Graduate Student Dilemma

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How do you deal with this expectation management challenge?

PHD Comics:Doing the impossible

CARMA Research Methods Lectures

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Hope everyone spent a great summer! Well,it’s now September…the summer was gone very quickly…as usual.

Just wanted to know whether anyone who attended or know about the CARMA Research methods workshop. It looks very interesting program (Web:http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/carma/default.asp). If anybody knows about it,please share your experience…

Also,if anybody knows other workshops about research methods, . . . →Read More:CARMA Research Methods Lectures

Staying atop the relevancy issue…

Cheers people,

in terms of teaching and in terms of research…How do you make sure that the message you are trying to convey,that the knowledge you transfer at your course,and that the research you are pursuing,is actually practice-relevant? What are the mechanisms you employ to ensure you teach relevant things? How . . . →Read More:Staying atop the relevancy issue…

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