Someone on Twitter asked me for a “Popular Blog Posts” page or listing, but truth be told, I never know which post will be popular, so I figured I could store a thread I did a few months ago.
These blog posts should be of interest to doctoral students but my resources can be used by undergraduates and graduates too.
Many of the blog posts I have written are by request. Either a fellow professor asks me how I do something, or a student of mine needs to be taught a specific technique or strategy, and I put it in writing for them, but I open my knowledge base for the world to use.
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) June 19, 2019
From my own undergrad, Masters and PhD students’ experiences, I am going to share a couple of strategies that have helped them enormously. The first one is the DTP, the Dissertation Two Pager https://t.co/gy2nCKXAWw I need my students to always keep a panoramic view of their work
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) June 19, 2019
I have read a metric tonne of books. Several of these are on academic writing, and writing more generally. I have written my reading notes in blog posts, all of which are stored here https://t.co/cWFfhmCKhJ TO NOTE: these are not “book reviews”. These are “what I think of a book”
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) June 19, 2019
This page – Writing a Doctoral (PhD) Dissertation https://t.co/5wkmLE2Y3j stores my reading notes of each of those books. Also to note: I have acquired books that I have not summarized in my reading notes. I also have noted books that I actually thought absolutely sucked big time
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) June 19, 2019
… obviously my own (forthcoming) book. But seriously though, and I told this to my own brother (who is considering doing a PhD): having a small library of books, rather than trying to rely on one or two, is actually helpful. You pick tips from one that you can’t find in another
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) June 19, 2019
And here is a partial list of Twitter IDs of scholars who provide great free public goods.
In my blog posts, I frequently link to resources by @tanyaboza @WendyLBelcher @JoVanEvery @FromPhDtoLife @jessicacalarco @ThomsonPat @StephenBHeard @PJDunleavy @explorstyle @ithinkwellHugh @ithinkwell @duffy_ma and many, many other generous academic folks who work in this space.
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) June 19, 2019
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