academia - Grant Writing with Morgan Giddings, PhD

August 15, 20146Comments

Has academia brainwashed you into living your life later?

This is a guest post by Stefanie Robel, PhD. Most of my academic career I have been working toward big longterm goals: my masters degree, my first paper, my PhD, the

by Morgan Giddings

Authorship

July 18, 20145Comments

Peer review, self-publishing, and blowhards

Should I self-publish my work? This is a question many academics and authors ask themselves these days. I had a discussion the other day on Facebook that started with this

by Morgan Giddings

Academic Life

Communication

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Social Commentary (Non-Science)

Technology

April 22, 20102Comments

The cost of information being “free”

I think that there's plenty of room in this world for good, free information. But for deep information that requires a real investment of time and energy to develop and keep up to date, the "free" model doesn't work well.

Social Commentary (Non-Science)

March 16, 20100Comments

Are science administrators trembling in their boots over the recession?

The dreaded R word. Here, I'll say it: recession! Administrators in academia seem to be freaking out about it. I understand why… the big budget cuts that they deal

by Morgan Giddings