A couple of weeks ago, I got word that the manuscript I’ve prepared about my Master’s project was rejected. I tried to look on the bright side, I was feeling a bit blue about theContinue reading
Creativity and science
My story starts today with the dreaded personal statement. Writing this document is a bane to just about every applicant to a graduate program or fellowship. GRE? No problem. Writing a research proposal? Bring itContinue reading
How a Master’s thesis becomes a peer-reviewed article: Episode 3 – Rejection
The most recent step on my manuscript’s journey hasn’t been its best, I’m afraid. I got word yesterday that it has been rejected. After a few beers and some time to reflect, though, I’m readyContinue reading
Better living through multidisciplinarity: follow-up
Alternate title: “Fate, It Seems, Is Not Without Its Sense Of Irony” In my recent, giddily-excited post about multidisciplinarity, I listed several fields of study, and gave reasons that these many disciplines need to beContinue reading
Sea creatures of whimsy!
Almost by definition, PhD students are huge nerds. It may not surprise you, then, that when we get together for a Thursday afternoon beer, we call it “Science Club” and talk about something nerdy. (It’sContinue reading
Megan Fork
environmental economics, environmental policy, oceans, PhD, student life, students, water
environmental economics, environmental policy, oceans, PhD, student life, students, water
Better living through multidisciplinarity
One of the coolest things, for me, about the Nicholas School is that it houses people with really diverse backgrounds and skill sets. This makes it easy to interact and work with people whose interestsContinue reading
How a Master’s thesis becomes a peer-reviewed article: Episode 2 – Submission
Well, my little dear has stretched its wings, and is off into the harsh world of peer-review. My co-author and I gave it one last look, I wrote a cover letter, and I sent itContinue reading
How a Master’s thesis becomes a peer-reviewed article: Episode 1 – Editing (and learning to live with what you’ve done)
When I began writing up my thesis, I had no idea how many times I would slowly pick through that document, changing and adding details as I read a new paper or learned a newContinue reading
Camping trip for science nerdery: Fall break 2012
A couple weeks ago, we had the lovely four day weekend known as Fall Break. Although I used some of this time to catch up on school work, stupid TV, and house cleaning, I alsoContinue reading
Impostor Syndrome and Feeling Stupid
For me, one of the hardest things about making the transition into a research degree is coming to the realization that although the knowledge and skills I worked so hard to accumulate in high schoolContinue reading