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Could we do it? Would we want to?
I met with a faculty member last week to talk about my research and while we were talking, she mentioned that a prominent institute in Berlin does a lot of work in my field and that they offer postdocs, from 1-3 years. My first thought was that we'd never ... 		Feb 15, 2008
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Crazy busy
I have thirty-two messages on my machine. Messages from good, friendly people whose calls I really need to return. But the honest truth is that I've been so crazy busy lately, there just isn't enough time. I've been meaning to call my brother back for,... 		Sep 25, 2007
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June Cleaver I am not, and yet...
I've blogged before about my love affair with laundry and all things domestic, but only recently have I pieced together why these strong, Martha-esque phases crop up periodically. Because it's not that they're an ever-present yearning; rather, they onl... 		Aug 16, 2007
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Emily, ABD
Huzzah! I successfully defended my dissertation prospectus just a few short hours ago. I am now officially ABD. How cool is that?!? 		May 9, 2007
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A race to the finish!
With the "final" version of my prospectus out the door as of today, I've got one week left before my oral defense. It's more nerve-wracking than I can tell you. Nobody seems to really know what happens in an oral defense. Oh, sure, I've heard stories. ... 		May 2, 2007
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I am not an idiot
Over the past four years of graduate school (has it been that long?), I've developed a way of thinking about research papers. I like to call it the "I'm not an idiot" paradigm. The gist of it is that in history research papers, you have to give a nod t... 		Apr 26, 2007
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Laundry is divine.
There are days when I yearn for a domestic life. Not many, mind you, and I certainly wouldn't want a full-time domestic life. But on days like yesterday, things like laundry and vacuuming sound really good. After weeks of furious editing and 17-hour da... 		Apr 19, 2007
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An 'awarding' day
Though I've known for about a week now, I haven't wanted to tell too many people (since I wasn't supposed to know, really). But now I can: I won an award! It's the Linda Vance Award for Women's History, awarded each year by my department to the person ... 		Apr 18, 2007
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Gettin' sh*t done!
Yesterday was abysmal. Today, however, was sheer genius. I got a veritable assload of work done today. I read and digested a half dozen articles that are not in my field, but are related to my research. I wrote (some). And I made one intriguing connect... 		Apr 12, 2007
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Awesome email
I just got an email from UF's handy Interlibrary Loan system: "Dear Emily, The article you requested-- 'Maternal Men- Perverts and Deviants'-- has been received." I think that's my favorite email ever! 		Apr 11, 2007
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Jobbie-Jobs
Graduate school is a funny thing. You run into all kinds of amazing people (okay, and some phenomenal idiots and jerks) for a relatively brief moment in time. You exchange ideas, celebrate successes, and commiserate in hard times. People come and peopl... 		Apr 4, 2007
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The hazards of history research
I'm looking around on the internet for some sources on the "putting out" system that was common in early America. Stay with me. Putting out refers to the practice by which children, often orphans, would be placed in the home of a relative or friend to ... 		Dec 5, 2006
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Fun in the archives
The other day, research for my dissertation project took me to what I thought was going to be an archive full of scientific papers about plant breeding. I showed up, introduced myself to the librarian, and explained my project. I think it went somethin... 		Nov 17, 2006
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Welcome to Library West! Don't expect to be able to find books.
So I was in the ill-fated library again today, looking for just five books. Part of my dissertation is going to be based on nineteenth-century genetic psychology research, so I was trying to track down some sources in the that section (BF, for those wh... 		Aug 29, 2006