A Letter on Dealing with Imposter Syndrome
Dear Potential Graduate Students,
As part of one of my undergraduate courses, we were assigned to reflect on imposter syndrome, how it affected us, and...
Doorways and Rivers: Reintroducing the Graduate Student Reflection Series
I recently taught an eight-week course at Trinity Episcopal Parish in Searcy, Arkansas, on architectural and liturgical semiotics. I sought to answer this question:...
Graduate Student Interview: Stewart Huang
Stewart Huang is a grad student at Brandeis, specializing in metaphysics and philosophy of religion. In this interview, he discusses his thoughts on the...
Letting Go, and Letting the Subject Come to You: Reintroducing the Graduate Student Reflection...
Before my Master’s program, I was a McNair scholar- a program aiding undergraduates in pursuing advanced degrees. I was looking forward to graduate school...
My Experience With Heidegger
One of the most conceptually challenging courses I took before starting graduate studies was a course I took at the University of Iowa, taught...
Being One’s Self, Trusting One’s Gut
As I’m diving into my first full-time academic job, there is a part of me that really enjoys reflecting on my time in graduate...
New Series Editor: Philosophical Reflections From an Intelligence Analyst
When I was recently invited to volunteer as a Series Editor for the American Philosophical Association, I didn’t question whether I have the proper...
Are We Talking About Writing the Right Way?
If your grad student or department parties are anything like mine, then you talk about writing a ton; what we’re writing, what we’re procrastinating writing, and...
Find Your People
When I expressed my trouble making connections with professors and graduate students during my first year, my mentor told me, “find your people.” I...
Naming and Muddling: Messiness as Pedagogy
In my first year of graduate studies I took a seminar called Feminist Methods taught by Elisabeth Paquette. This course was paradigm shifting for...