My Galaxy S3 died very, very suddenly and without warning on Friday. A visit to T-mobile and my own attempts at resuscitation were fruitless. I am on a very old flip phone until the repair center sends a new phone to me. One of the downsides of having a popular phone that was fairly recently [...]

This topic has  been on my mind, partially because it is a part of my research, partially because it is my life in a lot of capacities. Grad school is a weird kind of workplace and like any workplace, you may not love all the people who surround you. Through my time in grad school [...]

I began observing my grad student teachers this past month. I’ve observed fellow TAs before (as more of a favor than a job requirement), but this is a little different. Being in grad school for education has definitely increased my knowledge of what good teaching is. Other than getting up earlier in the morning than [...]

This past weekend I had the privilege of helping out with the Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) Leadership conference. The conference is held for the incoming freshmen to get acquainted with the program and learn to navigate college. There is one conference on the East coast and one on the West coast. Older undergrads and graduated [...]

I finally decided that I should indeed get a business card for when I attend academic conferences or for that kind of exchange. While attending events for networking purposes are not my cup of coffee, I have occasionally met people and connected by chance. Having a dedicated way to hand out my contact info would [...]

I’ve mentioned before that I miss having a cohort in grad school. My program at the education school is primarily part-time students, and many of them are older and well-established lives outside of school. While I am not into a heavy partying lifestyle, my life is still pretty different from many of my classmates. The [...]

The other day, I read an article in some popular magazine (I don’t remember which) about how women science students should prepare themselves for college life. While I think women should be aware of how to survive some unfortunate aspects of being a women in science (less of us, sexism, etc.), I think there is [...]

My SO is working at an overnight summer camp right now for middle and high schoolers. They have very strict rules that I believe are a result of the law; the counselors cannot reveal that much about themselves, should not correspond with their students via email, befriend them on social networking sites, etc. Violation of [...]

One of the nicest things about being here this time is I feel like I’m finally settling down here. By that, I mean I’m talking to people, hanging out with them in some context, etc. Due to the hustle and bustle of grad school in Chicago, I did not really get to do that until [...]

On the Belly Dance New England website, an editorial was written on bullying in the New England community. Unfortunately, this is not unique to New England. While I think Middle Eastern dance is an amazing activity and encourage others to be involve, like any group, people behave as bullies. Being on the fringes of any [...]