What do TA’s wear when teaching classes? Casual (jeans, hooded sweaters, etc) or Dressy/Casual (dark jeans, button down collar dress shirts, etc) or Dressy (business/professional attire)? I’d appreciate your suggestions. Thank you. EDIT: Thanks everyone, all great answers!
This is an off-shoot from the email signatures thread and also something I’ve been trying to clarify to myself with no success. I’m a first year in a PhD program, in that we’re all expected/admitted to go straight through to our doctorate, barring any major academic or other deficiencies, of course. We don’t have a terminal [...]
I just wrote an email to my advisor basically titled: HI!!! WHAT CLASSES DO I NEED TO TAKE TO WRITE MY THESIS?!?!?!?! (Actually, wait a second: he’s still not my advisor. He’s still just my boss. Who is on sabbatical. In Antarctica…) So, yeah. I feel a little desperate, especially since I feel like picking [...]
hello all! i just joined this community. i have just been accepted at a ph.d. in political science for the fall of 2007. this semester im working on my ma thesis (read: supposed to be working, but instead spend time on these forums and check my e-mail for admissions results). but really, im very excited [...]
The dean sent us an email being all high and mighty about the strict strict masters and doctoral finishing times… Subject: Degree Completion Milestones Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 08:45:57 -0400 From: “Carolyn Thoroughgood” I have recently been provided a rather long list of students who are not complying with the requirements for advisory committee [...]
Does anybody else here study hate/hate-related topics for their thesis? Do you know of any coping strategies? The vast majority of my research revolves around hate groups and their influence on the political process, and I’m feeling incredibly overwhelmed. After months and months of scouring websites, and conducting interviews, I’m feeling less and less able to just [...]
You’d think that as a grad student majoring in English, when I’m faced with the prospect of giving a presentation on a book I could come up with something reasonably interesting or intelligent to say about the book. That is not the case in this instance. I have a presentation tomorrow and I have drawn [...]
I am a second year graduate student currently studying my M.A. in Europe. I really appreciate any amount of help or advice you can offer. I am required to write two papers before the end of this month. I am struggling with being able to write these papers. I have a fairly strong academic background, [...]
Hallo, I’m new to this community. I’m a Russian who studies American culture. I’m working on my postgrad thesis in lingvoculturology/linguistc anthropology and I’m asking you for help. IF YOU ARE FROM THE USA AND YOU ARE A NATIVE SPEAKER, please help me (it’s terribly difficult to find an American here in Russia and make [...]
Background: This summer I am presenting at my first big conference. The conference is a week long, in a foreign country, and registration is next week. If it matters, other than one professor from my department, I don’t know any other people who will be there, except by name. I’m a little nervous, but also [...]