by Jenae Cohn | Dec 21, 2015 | Personal, Professionalization
For Ph.D. students, the holidays can be a dreaded time because it means inevitable questions from old family and friends about a lot of stressful topics, from their long-term projects to their future career outcomes. Believe me, Ph.D. students do a great job of...
by Jenae Cohn | Jul 22, 2014 | Personal, Professionalization
Whenever I am asked, “So, what’s your research about anyway?” my stomach dips. My mind goes blank for a moment; what is my research about? Do I even know? Sometimes, I feel like the project I’m working on is so big that I don’t know where...
by Jenae Cohn | Jul 1, 2014 | Personal, Professionalization
The greatest treat in the world for me is getting up and working in my pajamas. To roll straight from bed to computer and dig into a project is a fantastic luxury for me and it is one of the prevailing parts of an academic (and I suppose freelance) lifestyle that...
by Jenae Cohn | Feb 22, 2014 | Pedagogy, Personal
Our instructor faced the class, arms crossed over his chest, stern face piercing us all into extraordinary guilt. Most of us had bombed the latest French quiz – a pop quiz, mind you – and he adopted that distinct teacherly Not Pleased tone....
by Jenae Cohn | Feb 20, 2013 | Personal
Every six months, I go through this cycle where I wonder if I’m a sham. I’ve identified myself as a “writer” for most of my (young) adult life, but I frequently find myself in a self-loathing moment where I wonder, “If I don’t...
