One of the elements of the scholar's journey is dislocation. Every few years, and sometimes more often, you find yourself beginning a new year in a new place. Dislocation can be disorienting and can bring out some of our worst coping mechanisms. Do you know what those are for you? Whether you are beginning your first year of graduate school, or beginning a Ph.D program at a new school, or a post-doc, or a first-year faculty position, you are likely experiencing dislocation--new place, new responsibilities, new … [Read more...] about Beginning Well at the Start of a New Academic Year
Graduate Studies
Automatization on a New-fangled Routine: Treasuring our Will?
Felipe Gutierrez Antinopai is from Chile and a new graduate student at Cornell University in Ithaca. He reflects on his experience of entering a new culture, a new department, the emotions he experienced and what this means for his spiritual pilgrimage. Starting new jobs, college, or new relationships can turn us into experiments on ourselves. During the beginnings and endings of each life stage, there is special attention to keeping a pace of life. We take refuge in things without noticing what our heart intends … [Read more...] about Automatization on a New-fangled Routine: Treasuring our Will?
New ESN Reading Lists: Career Stages & Four Faculty Loves
New ESN Reading Lists Are you looking for a quick guide to some of our key starting point resources here at the ESN blog? We've designed a resource page that offers some great starting points for each career stage, and for InterVarsity's Four Faculty Loves. Browse these if you're looking for individual reading or small group conversation starters. We hope they'll serve as great starting points to exploring our rich archive of reflections by and for Christian scholars too. We're proud of the wonderful … [Read more...] about New ESN Reading Lists: Career Stages & Four Faculty Loves
Spiritual Disciplines for Graduate School
At Emerging Scholars Network, we love to crowdsource ideas for following Christ faithfully and serving others well in the academic life. In the 2018/2019 academic year, we've been sharing brief insights on how to grow spiritually in the academic life from many of the writers in our network. Read the series to date here, or check out more of Chandra's work for ESN at this link. … [Read more...] about Spiritual Disciplines for Graduate School
Letter to My Self, Starting Graduate School
Historian Ryan Wilkinson, PhD finished and starting a tenure track job in the fall, writes a letter to himself at the beginning of graduate school. We hope it's a great encouragement, wherever you are on your academic journey. Dear Me, Well, congratulations—you're going to graduate school! So—this is your future self, writing from a decade ahead to let you know that you'll have a lot of fun. On the other hand . . . it won't all be easy. Hmmm? What do I mean? Well, let me give you some examples. … [Read more...] about Letter to My Self, Starting Graduate School