Last month, I finished my first semester on the tenure-track. It was a very busy semester, but a happy and productive one as well. I taught courses in General Psychology and Personality Psychology, submitted 3 manuscripts for publication, submitted and … Continue reading
Just a quick note to report that I am settling in well to my new home in Murray, KY. The last two weeks have been a whirlwind of paperwork, but it appears that I’m now a resident of “The Friendliest … Continue reading
This week is another busy week. I’ve just submitted my students’ final grades, and I’m preparing to have family in town for my hooding on Friday. Whew! Just a quick post today to share an article from the Chronicle that … Continue reading
Life has been hectic lately. I was in the very fortunate position of traveling the country for job interviews and conferences while also putting the finishing touches on my dissertation. While all of my data collection was completed on campus … Continue reading
As an undergraduate, I was given a fantastic research experience. Beginning my first semester of freshman year, I worked with Dr. Dan Jones to do work with x-ray crystallography. Dr. Jones was an incredible mentor of a caliber that I … Continue reading
This has been a semester with the promise of many new beginnings. I’m fast approaching the end of my time at Virginia Tech, but I know that there are many good experiences ahead of me as I transition from a … Continue reading
Today, one of my friends shared the following article about the common tendency to complain about how busy one is. Please stop complaining about how busy you are. I think that it’s fair to say that the majority of academics … Continue reading
In honor of my rapidly approaching the 50% mark of dissertation data collection, I present to you, blogosphere, Sesame Street’s take on my area of research, self-regulation. In this video, Cookie Monster learns to “function like an executive” (Ha! Executive … Continue reading
Today, with yet another 4-year-old in and out of the lab, I have completed 10% of my dissertation data collection. This is certainly not the first large-scale project for which I have collected data, and it certainly will not be … Continue reading
Well, I’m back in Blacksburg after an incredible global adventure. Many more pictures and stories will follow, but for now I have two goals: (1) to express how incredibly enriching of an experience I had, and (2) to report back … Continue reading