A few weeks ago, I had the honor and pleasure of speaking at Kean University’s grand opening of their new history center, the Liberty Hall Academic Center. The event featured a ribbon cutting, a speech from the University President on the importance of history, and a dialogue between myself another…
*tap, tap* “Is this thing on?” I know it has been a long time since I have updated you all on my life. If you follow along on Instagram then you know that the last 6 months of my life have been insane — I completed my PhD, I successfully…
People always ask, “What’s your dissertation about?” It is a seemingly simple question. The problem is that dissertations are never simple and they are often incredibly esoteric. Figuring out how to make it interesting and comprehensible to someone who knows nothing about the period and region you study can be…
Wow, so much life has happened since I last posted. Apologies for the radio silence on here for the past couple of months, but the final 6 weeks of your dissertation, followed by your defense is no joke. I had to set the blog aside and focus everything I had…
This is definitely my most asked question – “How did you get into the field of education/study abroad?” To be honest, I fell into it. I have discussed it on the blog before in more detail, but the short version is that I had an opportunity to work for my…
It used to be that if you were pursuing a PhD you were most likely going to end up working as a tenured-track professor at a university, researching and teaching in your specific field. Times have changed my friends. A PhD no longer ensures a career as a professor (you…
This should not come as a surprise to you if you are thinking of going on (or are currently on) the academic job market — it sucks! It is pretty much like The Hunger Games out there. If you were not aware of this, or don’t know anything about the…
