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Andrew ShieldsOn first reading Doris Lessing’s “The Fifth Child” (1988). <a href="https://mas.to/tags/111Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#111Words</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DorisLessing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DorisLessing</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TheFifthChild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheFifthChild</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UniversityOfPennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversityOfPennsylvania</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ComparativeLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ComparativeLiterature</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LiteraryTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LiteraryTheory</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dissertation</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Novel</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/04/on-first-reading-doris-lessings-fifth.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/04/on-first-reading-doris-lessings-fifth.html</a>

Dani(ela) :QueerCat_Lesbian:Today the baby decided to photobomb my dissertation project presentation!I am glad he was there to show support but he couldn’t help but spread some chaos. It went well I’m sure because of him. :blobcatchewwire: <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/CatsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CatsOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cats</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/babyisbaby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#babyisbaby</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/babyphotobomb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#babyphotobomb</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/blackcat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blackcat</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dissertation</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/federation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federation</a>

Dr. Anna LatourHora Est! Now waiting for the committee to finish their deliberations.Was pleased with how many questions were related to the propositions! The candidate was questioned on propositions 6, 7, 8 and 10.<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/PhDLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhDLife</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicMastodon</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicChatter</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AcademicLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicLife</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AGI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AGI</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LLM</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Defense</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Defence</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dissertation</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Thesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Thesis</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Propositions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Propositions</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/PhDDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhDDefence</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/PhDDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhDDefense</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/TUDelft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TUDelft</a>

Dr. Anna LatourExcited to attend my first PhD defence at TU Delft: Daniël Vos will be defending his thesis "Decision Tree Learning: Algorithms for Robust Prediction and Policy Optimization", containing work he did under supervision of Prof. Dr. Ir. R.L. Lagendijk and Dr. Ir. Sicco Verwer.<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicMastodon</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicChatter</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/PhDLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhDLife</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Delft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Delft</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/TUDelft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TUDelft</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/DelftUniversityOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DelftUniversityOfTechnology</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dissertation</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Defence</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhD</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/PhDDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhDDefence</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/DecisionTrees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DecisionTrees</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Optimization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Optimization</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Optimisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Optimisation</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Algorithms</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ExplainableAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExplainableAI</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/RobustOptimization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RobustOptimization</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/RobustAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RobustAI</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Defense</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/PhDDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhDDefense</a>

Joel WelchWestern University Non-Medical Research Ethics Board approval achieved. Now the fun begins! <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dissertation</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/policymakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#policymakers</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a>

Sebastian "spaetz" Spaeth1/2 <a href="https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@gutenberg_org</a> interesting anecdotes. This is actually <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Einstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Einstein</a>'s 2nd <a href="https://mas.to/tags/dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dissertation</a> 😉.1905 Einstein approached Kleiner with a thesis on the electrodynamics of moving bodies. It was rejected because a) the professors who reviewed it didn't really understand it, and b) it was purely theoretical in nature.<a href="http://www.oapt.ca/aapt/2005_winter_meeting/Einstein_PhD_130.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.oapt.ca/aapt/2005_winter_meeting/Einstein_PhD_130.pdf</a>

A land fit for all our futuresAs I near the end of my final two taught modules of my MPA, I'm thinking about the topic for my <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/thesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thesis</a>/ <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dissertation</a>Having worked and campaigned for decades in <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> and <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technology</a>, I am studying <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PublicAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicAdministration</a> to better grasp why <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/debate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#debate</a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/decisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#decisions</a> and <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#policy</a> seem so divorced from the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/knowledges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#knowledges</a> availableFor now, I'm referring to this as the "knowledge-decision gap" - probably naively, I've not had much time to dig into the fieldFor example <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Health</a> policies seem divorced from the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/expertise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#expertise</a> of <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#academics</a> in these fields. And the real-world <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/experience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#experience</a> of citizens is poorly accounted for in <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a>.There are <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/vestedInterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vestedInterests</a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lobbying</a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/biases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biases</a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prejudice</a> and plain <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ignorance</a>. Are there patterns in the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/KnowledgeDecisionGap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KnowledgeDecisionGap</a> that we can learn from - commonalities across fields? Are there examples of great success or appalling failure in transferring <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#knowledge</a> into <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/decision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#decision</a>? What do we already know? Where are the gaps in our knowledge about gaps 😜 ?The subject is still wide open for me and due to be honed in April. I'd be delighted if anyone can chuck thoughts, ideas, references, comments my way 🙏 <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#education</a>

Sarah Guinevere 🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️🇿🇦🇵🇸I ask this with trauma-trained trepidation: is it normal to start... enjoying the PhD again in its final stages? I feel crazy that I actually want to opening this cursed document, that I actually feel excited about it again? Am I doomed? <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/phd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phd</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/phdlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phdlife</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dissertation</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/postgraduate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#postgraduate</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/writinglife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writinglife</a>

You Know WhatA new General Knowledge Quiz has just been posted on our website! <a href="https://youknowwhatblog.com/quizzes/gk-questions/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youknowwhatblog.com/quizzes/gk-questions/</a><a href="https://mas.to/tags/quiz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quiz</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/quiztime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quiztime</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/gkquiz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gkquiz</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/villaurquiza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#villaurquiza</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/quizinstagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quizinstagram</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/quizhunter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quizhunter</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/quizqueen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quizqueen</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/quizbowl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quizbowl</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/quizomba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quizomba</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dissertation</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/civilservices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#civilservices</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/marketingstrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#marketingstrategy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bankingexams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bankingexams</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/gkquestions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gkquestions</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/lbsnaadiaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lbsnaadiaries</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/mppsc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mppsc</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/gkquestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gkquestion</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ghostwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ghostwriting</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cgl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cgl</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/calculus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#calculus</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/upsc2020" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#upsc2020</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/triviachallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#triviachallenge</a>

David Benfell, Ph.D. (he/him/his)New instance, new <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a>. Edit: I have supplemented this introduction with replies to this post.I see this instance has a *nice* *long* character limit for posts.I have a Ph.D. in Human Science (2016, Saybrook University), which is about the experience of being human in social contexts. It is the mother of the social sciences but is now, at least in the English speaking world, and at least as far as I can tell, a dead field.I studied <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/conservatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservatism</a> for my <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dissertation</a>. And yes, the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> are far too <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservative</a> for me.Once upon a time, a very, very long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I was a computer programmer. It was the wrong career choice.I am a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/vegan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vegan</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LibertarianSocialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LibertarianSocialist</a> (recovering <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/anarchist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anarchist</a>) mostly from the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SanFrancisco</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BayArea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BayArea</a> in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a>, presently residing in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Pittsburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pittsburgh</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pennsylvania</a>, hoping to move to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/erie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#erie</a> In <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/kyriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kyriarchy</a>, I mostly focus on <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/classism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classism</a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ageism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ageism</a>, but since arriving in Pittsburgh, have been confronted with blatant <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#racism</a> (and yes, many white people here do see it). But <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialJustice</a> has to be for everybody; to focus on any one identity, to the exclusion of others, is nothing more than to elevate that identity over that of the predominantly wealthy white males who are now in charge.I oppose all <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#imperialism</a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SettlerColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SettlerColonialism</a>, not just U.S. and NATO imperialism and settler-colonialism. Having lived on the underbelly of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> most of my life, I am <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/anticapitalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anticapitalist</a> and ferociously opposed to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neoliberalism</a>. I oppose physical and structural violence.Human beings have <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a>. These rights are not constrained by their governments' failures to ratify certain human rights treaties.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Borders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Borders</a> exist to mark off territory controlled by elites whose competition accounts for most if not all wars and to deny human beings on the "wrong" side of an arbitrary line rights and privileges available on the "right" side. This cannot be justified ethically. I am hostile to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/xenophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#xenophobia</a> Finally, I am pessimistic about the future of humanity. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#COVID19</a> and the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> demonstrate our unfitness for survival.

W_Dräger 🦉If you aren’t in a love/hate relationship with your <a href="https://toot.lgbt/tags/dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dissertation</a>…are you even a grad student? <a href="https://toot.lgbt/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://toot.lgbt/tags/gradschool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gradschool</a>

Jackie GardinaI received a message on LinkedIn from someone who read my dissertation, found it compelling and wondered if I was willing to talk with him about it. ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME? OF COURSE I WANT TO TALK TO SOMEONE WHO VOLUNTARILY READ MY DISSERTATION! <a href="https://awscommunity.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://awscommunity.social/tags/dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dissertation</a>

Tony PenninoTime for some real talk about <a href="https://mas.to/tags/doctorwho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#doctorwho</a> - We have The Doctor and his chief antagonist The Master. Now, clearly, this is a feud between two individuals with advanced degrees, no doubt fueled by the fact that one completed his <a href="https://mas.to/tags/phd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phd</a> and the other didn’t. Indeed, we could refer to The Master as The All But <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dissertation</a> Based on personal experience, I can fully believe they would have battled across all time and space. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicMastodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@academicchatter</a>

Sabrina R. CervantezMy writing is going so well today! I wish every day was like this x100!<a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#histodon</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/gradlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gradlife</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/phdlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phdlife</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dissertation</a>

Mihee Kim-Kort 김미희<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#religion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/religiousstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#religiousstudies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/theology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/asianamerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#asianamerican</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/asianamericanstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#asianamericanstudies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/veryasian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#veryasian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PCUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PCUSA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/blacklivesmatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blacklivesmatter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#activism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abolition</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#church</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/clergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clergy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scifi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/speculativefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#speculativefiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/marvel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#marvel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Colorado</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#outdoors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/parenthood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parenthood</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#queer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/phdlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phdlife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amwriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dissertation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/boxerdogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#boxerdogs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/catsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#catsofmastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/annapolis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#annapolis</a>

Regina GerlichI'm a <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/PhDstudent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhDstudent</a> in <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/sociology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sociology</a> at <a href="https://xn--baw-joa.social/@Uni_Stuttgart" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Uni_Stuttgart</a>. My doctoral <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#research</a> is about labeling <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/eldermistreatment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#eldermistreatment</a>, applying a <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/mixedmethods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mixedmethods</a> design for my <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dissertation</a>.Anyway, <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/ageing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ageing</a> is my main research interest. This involves e.g. <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retirement</a>, <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/grandparenthood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grandparenthood</a>, <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/informalcaregiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#informalcaregiving</a>.I love <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#teaching</a> basic <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#statistics</a> to newbies! I help students to ged rid of frustration about numbers & formulas to make room for aha-moments.

Jess CalarcoWhat do you do if you end up with more data than can fit in your dissertation (or book or article)? My latest on how knowing which kind of story you're writing can help you figure out which pieces to publish first and what to do with the leftover bits. <a href="https://gradschool.substack.com/p/an-embarrassment-of-research-riches?utm_source=twitter&sd=pf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://gradschool.substack.com/p/an-embarrassment-of-research-riches?utm_source=twitter&sd=pf</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GradSchool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GradSchool</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HiddenCurriculum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HiddenCurriculum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dissertation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmWriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Academia</a>

Morgan GrahamTime for an <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a>! I'm a <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhD</a> candidate at the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/UniversityofMinnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversityofMinnesota</a>, studying <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biography</a> and <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/victorianlit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#victorianlit</a>. I'm writing a <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dissertation</a> about The Life and Work of Thomas Hardy.I also write <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookreviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookreviews</a> and <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/creativenonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#creativenonfiction</a> and have <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/published" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#published</a> in Chicago Review of Books, Split Lip Magazine, Colorado Review, etc. I'm the managing editor at Pleiades. Other interests: <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bibliomemoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bibliomemoir</a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translation</a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/latinamericanliterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#latinamericanliterature</a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/publichumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#publichumanities</a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a>

Kevin Kilroy<a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a> As I think I've finally settled on an instance, might as well introduce myself. I'm Kevin, and I'm a PhD candidate at <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ualbany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ualbany</a> in <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/rhetoric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rhetoric</a> and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a>. I'm currently working on a <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dissertation</a> exploring the use of <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/poeticInquiry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poeticInquiry</a> in <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/firstYearWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#firstYearWriting</a>. Other academic interests include <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scifi</a>, <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/posthumanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#posthumanism</a>, <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#television</a> and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/adaptationStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#adaptationStudies</a>, <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/travelWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#travelWriting</a>, <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/digitalHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#digitalHumanities</a>, <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/memory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#memory</a>, and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#time</a> and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/narrative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#narrative</a>. Other interests include <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/mtg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mtg</a>, particularly on Arena; <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/skiing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#skiing</a> and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/traveling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#traveling</a>, though not as much lately; <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/stationary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stationary</a>, <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/fountainPens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fountainPens</a>, and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/notebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#notebooks</a>; learning <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#languages</a>; and my two (and any and all other) <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cats</a>. Happy to join the community and looking forward to meeting some new folks on here!

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