#grad researcher

[amentainsularis]

Today I’m collecting data and working on a poster I’m presenting in September. Summing up a year and a half of nonstop research is quite challenging but I’m excited to share it with just anyone other than my supervisor.

+ our department has some cool fossil reproductions on display, can you recognise any of the animals shown in the picture?

[shitacademicswrite]

[grad-premed-suffering]

2024.05.01

Another day of continuing my thesis research!

Today’s goals:

Finish book my supervisor recommended

Complete 5+ study blocks (3/5)

Drink water (2/4)

[pippenpaddlopsicopolisthethird]

Because that other post annoyed me, as poll posts are much different than other posts, polls consistently have higher engagement than the reblog/like ratio, plus the questions were too ambiguously written to draw conclusions

For the purpose of this poll, if you usually don't vote on random polls, I won't call you a liar if you do vote here

[regulusrules]

Being an academic writer and a fandom girlie at the same time is so weird. one day you're writing a comparative analysis about 19th c indigenous writers. and then the next day you're like welp, let's explore the traumas of 2008 bbc merlin

[dailycupofcreativitea]

(Was digging through old messages on Slack and found these pics I sent to myself 2 years ago).

Please enjoy my collection of “overly honest methods” in science that were supposedly curated from a Twitter hashtag ;D

[random2908]

Looks like there’s about to be drama in the nuclear fusion world again.

[dr-southernerd]

5 years of grad school have taught me intelligence means very little in scientists you mostly just need to be obsessive and slightly deranged

[sorryicantcomeovermypisaidno]

Love how Freud thinks the point of lectures is to impress people not communicate information- peak academia lol

[mollyhale]

hi everyone! im almost 2/3 done with my masters (!) and a main part of this semester is prepping for my capstone in the summer semester with a survey.

if you're between the ages of 18 - 35 i ask that you please take this survey - it should take no more than 5 minutes, it's completely anonymous, and it's about scarcity in fashion. i'd also appreciate any reblogs, signal boosts, or even friends/family offline to participate as i need 100 responses by April 23rd, so any and all responses count and it would make a HUGE difference to have you participate!

i thank you in advance for your consideration at all!!

link to survey: https://bit.ly/masters-survey-scarcity-in-fashion

[classicslesbianopinions]

interesting article about classicists and modern greek

[keepthisholykiss]

The results from my Dracula Daily survey are in! Just like with my Hamlet survey in the past, these are the highlights of data that I found from the survey. Folks shared valuable insights that are soon to be shared with the purpose of advocating for further free education resources like these. The data in these graphics is not all the data received but that is because I never share 100% of results, only the interesting parts. This is also probably my final survey I will do like this unless there is desire for me to do more research, if you have a topic you’d like me to cover send me an ask! Otherwise I will be working on my child, my magnum opus, my future PhD dissertation.

Onto the post mortem thoughts and alt text which are both under the fold!

This survey was originally done with the purpose of a specific conference I was to attend and share my thoughts on accessible education with. However that conference was, ironically, incredibly inaccessible. I am a queer disabled scholar and I face a lot of challenges in academia so making my case for why educational resources like Dracula Daily should be promoted within academia is very important to me. Unfortunately my original plans for this research could not happen due to my having to pull out of the conference. Now this data is being shared with a new and much more accessible conference, so at least I can still have use it for its original purpose!

Also of note is that this survey, unlike work I have done in the past, received some really nasty responses. Specifically terfs (idk why they wrote gross stuff in my survey answers though) and people who wanted to belittle the way or the content of what I was researching. This is not okay. I want to reiterate that I am a queer, disabled scholar who has zero tolerance for some of the responses I received. Studying fandom is never fully free of this but I want to hold people accountable always for the way people are treated within a community. My studies of online community are basically done (because I am moving onto my PhD work which does not involve the same research) but if I come back to doing it I will be implementing other methods to avoid the way I was treated. Regardless of the bad eggs and struggles I have with most all of academia this was fun. I appreciate everyone who participated and thank you for the feedback. Please enjoy these results!

ALT TEXT:

Slide one: Dracula Daily survey results Slide two: About the survey -  A survey was conducted to gather data from fans of Dracula Daily to gain insight on accessible education and fandom. The survey received 863 responses these are the data highlights. Slide three: Disclaimer - The data presented here is a summary of information and highlighted portions of responses. This is not all of the data and the entirety will never be released. Also some responses were omitted from final numbers due to abusive language entered into the survey toward the researcher. Slide four: Before Dracula Daily - 62%  of respondents had not read Dracula before Dracula Daily.  More than 50% of respondents answered that they had been avid readers at some point in their lives. Slide five: 85%  of respondents noted that they had consumed other gothic or vampire media prior to Dracula Daily. Slide six: Finishing the story - 66%  of respondents finished Dracula Daily. 15.7% plan to finish. Slide seven:  92% of respondents said Dracula Daily improved their understanding of Dracula and/or classic literature Slide eight: Stopping short -  The majority of those who responded that they did not finish stopped reading sometime in October.  The top reason for not finishing was: lack of motivation. Slide nine: Let’s Talk About It - 82%  of respondents talked about Dracula Daily online, in person, or both. Over 50%  cited memes as their favorite part of participating. Slide ten: One More Chapter -  Many respondents indicated their desire to read more books in this format, the titles with the most interest were: Sherlock Holmes, Jane Austen, Phantom of the Opera, and Les Miserables

[shitacademicswrite]

[grad-premed-suffering]

2024.04.10 | Day 81/100 days of productivity

Slept in today and that extra sleep seems to have made all the difference to my mood and energy levels (who knew!). I'm hoping to get done with my decision analysis final essay either today or tomorrow so I can edit and move on to my research proposal for qualitative methods (and eventually get back to the research - which I actually enjoy (no offence to my professors)).

Today's goals:

Drink water (2/3)

Finish readings for tomorrow

Finish first draft of decision analysis final essay

Have a good formal dinner :)

Do at least 1 load of laundry

Get enough sleep

[sunflowyr]

a short comic about all the highly useful transferable skills i have gained in 4 years of phd training

[overallsonfrogs]

And what if I did use the power of autism to do a deep dive on what the Olympic village is like for athletes and wrote a fic about the US Court Olympic Exy team?

What then?