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
Career Stages
Giving Repetitive Courses A Fresh Look
“I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.” ― Attributed to Albert Einstein When I started my career in teaching six years ago I knew I was finally living my God-given purpose in life. During the years as an undergraduate and half the time as a graduate student I was constantly changing my career choice after being exposed to each of these options in some way: pediatrician, child psychiatrist, forensic scientist, research scientist. But finally one day after … [Read more...] about Giving Repetitive Courses A Fresh Look
Graduate School Survival Kit
New to graduate school? Or returning and wondering what happens now? We've gathered some of our most read and appreciated material on navigating graduate school in this post. One of ESN's goals is to support Christian academics at every career point with thoughtful materials from other believers who have similar life experience. If you're looking for encouragement/grad school survival advice individually and/or for your campus fellowship, check out these five options: … [Read more...] about Graduate School Survival Kit
Processing your PhD: on next-ness
What's it actually like when you finally finish a PhD? Recent PhD grad Will Mari wraps up his series on life after graduate school, Processing Your PhD. See posts on finishing here, teaching here, and further thoughts on being done here. I'm sitting in my office on a quiet, mid-summer afternoon, and my campus is silent. Sure, I hear the clunk-clunk of apples rolling off the roof above my office (outside an ancient tree stands vigil, and is raining forth its bounty early). We have a few summer camps going … [Read more...] about Processing your PhD: on next-ness
Processing your PhD: a further meditation on done-ness
What's it actually like when you finally finish a PhD? Recent PhD grad Will Mari continues his series on life after graduate school, Processing Your PhD. See his first post here, and his second here. … [Read more...] about Processing your PhD: a further meditation on done-ness