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Posts by: Raul Pacheco-Vega

A typology of books about writing (Inspirational, Thematic and Developmental) September 2, 2020
Posted in academia.
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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (Anne Lamott) – my reading notes September 1, 2020
Posted in writing.
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The September 2020 #AICCSED Reading, Annotating and Systematizing Challenge September 1, 2020
Posted in academia, organization, writing.
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The “two sentences’ elevator pitch”: A pedagogical exercise to help students think about their research questions and empirical/theoretical contributions August 14, 2020
Posted in academia, teaching.
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A few structured strategies that we can use to craft paragraphs August 12, 2020
Posted in academia, writing.
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A step-by-step process to write a book review for a journal August 8, 2020
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Writing a Response-To-Reviewers-And-Editors letter August 7, 2020
Posted in academia, research, writing.
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An expansive framework to go from idea to abstract to introduction to table of contents to full paper/dissertation/thesis/book August 7, 2020
Posted in academia, research, writing.
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Creating tables and diagrams to describe theoretical, conceptual, and analytical frameworks August 6, 2020
Posted in academia, writing.
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Preparing a research statement for an academic job application July 31, 2020
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Organizing work/school-related digital files July 5, 2020
Posted in academia, organization, productivity, writing.
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On the importance of routine in academic writing June 7, 2020
Posted in academia, organization, productivity, writing.
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Writing the dissertation (thesis) II: Getting started and progress/project planning May 31, 2020
Posted in academia, writing.
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How to write the introductory chapter to a thesis or doctoral dissertation May 26, 2020
Posted in academia, writing.
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A typology of academic (daily) work: “runway work”, “grunt work” and “writing/research” work May 17, 2020
Posted in academia, productivity, writing.
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Time spent “on the runway” is time well spent May 2, 2020
Posted in academia, productivity.
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Writing to understand: A personal tale of my journey to become an academic writer and overcome impostor syndrome May 2, 2020
Posted in academia, writing.
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On why I love libraries so much (an ode to librarians, libraries, and library science) May 1, 2020
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Writing by memorandums April 29, 2020
Posted in academia, research, research methods, writing.
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Toilet paper hoarding, reverse quarantining and individual responses to governmental inaction April 18, 2020
Posted in academia, research.
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On the value of annotated bibliographies as scholarly outputs April 17, 2020
Posted in academia, research, research methods, writing.
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What are the differences between a Research Trajectory, a Research Programme and a Research Pipeline? April 17, 2020
Posted in academia, planning, productivity, research.
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Staying in touch with your writing: Opening the document on a regular basis April 17, 2020
Posted in academia, writing.
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Writing and revising I: Write to withstand scrutiny from an audience that cares April 12, 2020
Posted in academia, research, writing.
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Pivoting away from specific research topics when fieldwork is impossible to do April 6, 2020
Posted in academia, research, research methods.
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