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Category Archives: academia

  1. 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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  2. A few structured strategies that we can use to craft paragraphs August 12, 2020

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  3. A step-by-step process to write a book review for a journal August 8, 2020

    Posted in academia.

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  4. Writing a Response-To-Reviewers-And-Editors letter August 7, 2020

    Posted in academia, research, writing.

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  5. 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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  6. Creating tables and diagrams to describe theoretical, conceptual, and analytical frameworks August 6, 2020

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  7. Preparing a research statement for an academic job application July 31, 2020

    Posted in academia.

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  8. Organizing work/school-related digital files July 5, 2020

    Posted in academia, organization, productivity, writing.

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  9. On the importance of routine in academic writing June 7, 2020

    Posted in academia, organization, productivity, writing.

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  10. Writing the dissertation (thesis) II: Getting started and progress/project planning May 31, 2020

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  11. How to write the introductory chapter to a thesis or doctoral dissertation May 26, 2020

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  12. 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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  13. Time spent “on the runway” is time well spent May 2, 2020

    Posted in academia, productivity.

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  14. 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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  15. On why I love libraries so much (an ode to librarians, libraries, and library science) May 1, 2020

    Posted in academia.

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  16. Writing by memorandums April 29, 2020

    Posted in academia, research, research methods, writing.

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  17. Toilet paper hoarding, reverse quarantining and individual responses to governmental inaction April 18, 2020

    Posted in academia, research.

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  18. On the value of annotated bibliographies as scholarly outputs April 17, 2020

    Posted in academia, research, research methods, writing.

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  19. 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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  20. Staying in touch with your writing: Opening the document on a regular basis April 17, 2020

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  21. 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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  22. 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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  23. Finishing a dissertation, thesis or book manuscript: A few tips and ideas to help with completion April 6, 2020

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  24. On the importance of individual infrastructure in remote learning and teaching – what role for the university? April 4, 2020

    Posted in academia.

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  25. Project management for academics II: Tracking and managing your time April 2, 2020

    Posted in academia.

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