#graduate study

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Lawrence Hyman of New York studies for his Ph.D. in English in Butler Library of Columbia University, 1948. At this time, one in every 10 doctorate degrees in the U.S. was conferred by Columbia.

Photo: Stanley Kubrick for Look magazine via MCNY

[blackinthestacks]

A Black Women Labor History Booklist

I am beginning an annotated bibliography of works potentially related to my future topic of study for my dissertation. I created a worksheet to summarize each book, and I’m beginning to write annotations now.

Check out the worksheet: https://blackinthestacks.tumblr.com/post/175054126198/dropbox-non-fiction-book-summary-worksheetpdf

If anyone is curious, here is the list I have so far, some of which I have previously read:

George, Abosede, Making Modern Girls: A History of Girlhood, Labor, and Social Development in Colonial Lagos (Ohio University Press, 2014)

Gomez, Michael A., Diasporic Africa: A Reader (NYU Press, 2006)

Gray, LaGuana, We Just Keep Running the Line: Black Southern Women and the Poultry Processing Industry (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2014)

Haley, Sarah, No Mercy Here: Gender, Punishment, and the Making of Jim Crow Modernity (University of North Carolina Press, 2016)

Harris, LaShawn, Sex Workers, Psychics, and Numbers Runners: Black Women in New York City's Underground Economy (University of Illinois Press, 2016)

Hunter, Tera W., To ‘Joy My Freedom: Southern Black Women’s Lives and Labors After the Civil War (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998)

Jones, Jacqueline, Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow: Black Women, Work, and the Family, from Slavery to the Present (Basic Books, 2009)

Kelley, Robin D. G., Race Rebels: Culture, Politics, and the Black Working Class (Free Press, 1996)

LeFlouria, Talitha, Chained in Silence: Black Women and Convict Labor in the New South (University of North Carolina Press, 2015)

Lemke-Santangelo, Gretchen, Abiding Courage: African American Migrant Women and the East Bay Community (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996)

Lindsey, Treva, Colored No More: Reinventing Black Womanhood in Washington, D.C. (University of Illinois Press, 2017)

McDuffie, Erik, Sojourning for Freedom: Black Women, American Communism, and the Making of Black Left Feminism (Duke University Press, 2011)

Miller-Young, Mireille, A Taste for Brown Sugar: Black Women in Pornography (Durham: Duke University Press, 2014)

Nadasen, Premilla, Household Workers Unite: The Untold Story of African American Women who Built a Movement (Beacon Press, 2015)

White, Luise, The Comforts of Home: Prostitution in Colonial Nairobi (University of Chicago Press, 1990)

[moami]

Share your PhD experiences.

Dear internet,

I am currently in my masters degree. After graduating, I’d like to pursue a PhD. Please share your own PhD experiences with me (either as a reply or reblog to this post, or in my tumblr inbox - anon or not). 

Question in particular that I am interested in (no need to answer all!):

- your subject area/research topic - country of your PhD institution (and would you recommend it?) - (expected) duration of your PhD - reasons you do a PhD - what you like most about the experience - obstacles and problems you have encountered - estimated hours per week that you dedicate to your research - estimated amount of free time you are able to take for yourself - how stressful you find the experience

I’m looking forward to really interesting reports. Answer whatever you feel comfortable with - I won’t publish any of the asks you submit to me, though I will possibly reply to you via chat if you add to the message that that’s alright with you.

Thank you kindly!

[saizine]

you guys

i got my mphil results this week

!!!

solid first class

time for champagne in the sun i think

!!! !!!

[saizine]

what??

today i was invited to interview following my phd application, had my third essay proposal topic called “almost too good”, and had two different tutors suggest that my first two essays should be developed for journal submission/publication

maybe i’m not as much of a mess as i thought???

[silently screaming]

[computer-science-resource-page]

research

scientific paper

academic paper

doctoral thesis

graduate study

[beforeliteracytherewasdeez]

You've heard of the Doctor and the Master, now prepare yourself for...

The post doctor

[georgehenry]

How to Choose Thesis Advisor

Among the main decisions any student student will create is to select as a doctoral adviser. If at all possible, doctoral students should think about chances for a doctoral advisor and members of their doctoral/dissertation committee prior to choosing and starting a program. Who you choose as the adviser affects so many elements of your life during your research, such as the opportunities you've got for financing and if you get feedback on your research or scholarship in a timely way. One tip would be to consider just how well the faculty member communicates and responds to communicating. Is your faculty member available to meet on a regular basis? How much time does this take them to respond to your communication? All of these are questions which you need to think about carefully since you need to get feedback from the adviser on a regular basis throughout the dissertation writing stage, and do not want to wind up working with an adviser who does not look worried about helping you move forward in your program. You also want to work with a faculty member who has demonstrated they are esteemed and have been productive in their discipline, because learning from him or her will allow you to become more powerful in your area.

Who you choose as a adviser is crucial, as it may even affect whether you get a faculty position you apply for. Search committees look highly upon great mentors - people that are helpful to pupils and have a good record in terms of productivity in scholarship and research. There are positive and negative advisors in any division and university, and there can be a good deal of negative effects of choosing a poor one, therefore it ought to be given a great deal of consideration, and a significant quantity of time should be spent communication with members of this section to be certain that the ideal decision is made. Talking with other grad students as early in your program is one of the best things you can do, as other students will have had direct contact with all the faculty members and may have even heard stories from students who have graduated. However, remember that the advisor/graduate pupil relationship may often be affected by characters, so one negative narrative doesn't necessarily mean one particular faculty member isn't the ideal selection for you as an adviser. Deciding on a doctoral advisor is possibly the most significant choice you make as a doctoral student, therefore it is something which should be given just as much consideration as possible.