My name is Paul Miceli, and I have a non-academic career
It may sound like the opening greeting at an Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meeting, and for someone with a PhD (in Social Psychology, if you’re interested), it may very well feel like it sometimes. The problem is, though, that people like me are no longer the minority in the academic realm. PhD employment reporting is far […]
What’s next?
You may have begun graduate school for a variety of reasons—a love of research, a passion to make an impact through your work on a particular topic, the chance to study with an inspiring scholar among our faculty, a career aspiration that requires a master’s or doctoral degree, or simply a recognition that a graduate […]
A golden rule for graduate school
Have you ever had someone RSVP for an event and fail to show up at the event without the courtesy of an e-mail or phone call? Current technology might even prompt a terse text of regret. A text message would be a better response than no response at all in my opinion. Who are these […]
The Versatile PhD: your guide to the afterlife
The after(-academia-)life, that is. Maybe you’re the proactive kind of student who started preparing for life after the PhD early in your graduate school career – networking, conferencing, setting up informational interviews, and staying abreast of job market trends and placement data. Or maybe, like me, you have approached your graduate education as an end […]
New Graduate Bass Teaching Fellowships
We are so very pleased to announce that the newly restructured Bass Undergraduate Instructional Program for Duke PhD students has made its first awards. Thanks to a generous endowment gift from the family of Anne T. and Robert M. Bass, this program is able to support teaching experiences where normal means of funding are unavailable, […]
