Or: PhDeviation as a way of life Almost a month ago, I posted here that I was going to try to start “VersatilePhD” meetup. I had no idea how positive the response would be! Almost as soon as I started organizing it, I realized that I wanted it to be bigger […]
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I often wonder what strange brainstorm overtook me in the summer of 2010, just after I graduated, that made me register the username “PhDeviate.” It was one of those odd moments where something just came to me, and I couldn’t trace the origin, but it just felt right. And the […]
Taking deviation seriously
The end of the China Adventure Before I can get to updating you on where I am now, I must close out the China chapter. I loved teaching at SISU or 上海外国è¯å¤§å¦ã€‚I wanted to stay, they wanted me to stay and it was all very tempting. But there was just […]
Another school year begins, and another new adventure
(The First in a Three Part Series) I read and enjoyed the recent post by Tenured Radical entitled: “The Seductions Of Sedan Delivery; Or, Writing Your Own Academic Job Description,” so when The Chronicle of Higher Education drew my attention back to it, I read that article. However, it is really […]