#researchstories

[thedoctoraljourney]

I met with who will be my dissertation committee chair yesterday.

We discussed:

-For the language requirements other than Spanish, I will study Portuguese, then maybe waive the third foreign language requirement in favor of a graduate certificate in Women's and Gender Studies or Global Studies.

-I will for sure be pursuing an ADDITIONAL graduate certificate in foreign language teaching.

-I will likely focus my dissertation on the literature of Spain with a chapter or two devoted to that of Latin America - because we can't ignore the effects of colonialism and imperialism.

So yeah. My Ph.D. is taking shape.

[sarasdesignblog]

I will join ThinkAfrica’s Research Stories event tomorrow by presenting my Master thesis research in the form of a poster. ThinkAfricaWeek is taking place this whole week: www.thinkafrica.fi

[thedoctoraljourney]

The funny thing about being a literature scholar and grad student is that you literally headcannon for a living.

[academicoperdido]

Who's excited?!

[academicoperdido]

My research advisor dumped me.

But it's fine. I've been unhappy anyway. I'm leaving this department soon.

News to come.

[academicoperdido]

My advisor just ended our working relationship. Guess he's been as unhappy as I have. He took ownership for how shitty he's been treating me, though. So that's something. Still, I'm pretty upset.

Guess it's time to decide if this is a program I want to stick with or withdraw and go elsewhere.

[academicoperdido]

Meeting people I work with professionally in the public bathroom is so awkward.

[academicoperdido]

I am, by hobby, an avid fiction writer, which is causing me a lot of problems as I'm trying to write my proposal for graduate study. My advisor keeps sending me away to edit, telling me that I'm getting there, but am not quite there yet. 

I never thought switching settings would be so challenging.