The PhD Story

Life before and after the PhD through gifs

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Tomorrow is the day for new faculty headshots. Needless to say I’m practicing my best look.

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Grading in bed while eating lots of chocolate. Not sure if this is a new low point or pure genius

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Watching full professors get lit at the conference reception

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Week 2 of the Winter semeter: game face on.

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True story of my solo Saturday nights during and after getting a PhD

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When my poster is on fleek at a conference.

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A student called me “ma’am” today. Can’t decide whether I’m more pissed at not being addressed by my academic title or that I now look THAT old.

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Ok seriously that winter break was too short. Wtf man.

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Already “slow clapped” a student with this gif in my online class. Nothing like some good ol fashioned gifs to show the young generation what’s what

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Day 2 of the semester. How am I already this tired? Dang.

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2018 financial planning got me like

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Last day of winter break got me like

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The madness that is my thought process

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Surviving academia, in short

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My response to every student who asks me to “give” them an A even though they earned a C.

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End of semester feels

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It’s Friday! Oh wait, I’m still a poor grad student.