It’s likely you’ve heard about it—in passing, in a lecture, in a TED Talk. It’s even more likely that you’ve experienced it, whether or not you knew what to call it: that nagging feeling that you’re not really equipped to be where you are, doing what you’re doing; that you haven’t quite earned it like … Continue reading THE DOCTORAL EXPERIENCE: IMPOSTER SYNDROME

We’ve tackled study/life balance, but what about the great many of us who want to take an internship? Are expected or desire to tutor? Want to continue to build skills outside of academe proper? What about those among us who take a paying job of any sort, for whatever reason, that is unrelated (or tangentially … Continue reading THE DOCTORAL EXPERIENCE: WORK-LIFE BALANCE

When you’ve got enough books in your flat to stack them up and make a nice sofa, it becomes a little bit difficult to separate where your academic programme ends, and your “life”—whatever that means—begins. In many ways, by the point we reach our doctoral programmes, we’ve grown to equate the two as a matter … Continue reading THE DOCTORAL EXPERIENCE: STUDY-LIFE BALANCE

Greetings from SGSAH, and welcome to our brand-new blog! My name is Katelynn, and I’ll be helping to launch this exciting new initiative over the next few months, meaning that I’ll be you curator/tour guide/friendly neighbourhood answerer-of-questions as you explore what we have to offer through this site. We’ll start off with the basic inquiries: Who … Continue reading Prepare for Launch