Join us in welcoming recent University of Washington PhD grad and new professor Will Mari, who will be sharing reflections on transitions and life after graduate school this summer. Photo: Columns, Sylvan Grove, University of Washington
You stand in the Quad, surrounded by empty chairs and the sound guys talking down the stage. It’s an early June day in Seattle at the University of Washington. A cool wind is blowing paper programs lazily through the air. Rain is misting down, as it does in the Northwest, between brief sun breaks. You’re wearing your long-awaited “wizard robes,†and you’ve been hooded by your shy, gray-haired adviser. [Read more…] about Processing your PhD: the first of a short series on life after graduate school