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Writing a journal article requires many of the same steps it takes to write a dissertation, just on a different scale. However, there are a few key steps that differ between the two. This post will give you an overview of what those steps…

What is Participatory Action Research (PAR)? The term "action research" is attributed to Kurt Lewin, who used it to describe a research methodology that focused on problem solving as opposed to investigation. The participation element…

Have you ever thought about a career outside of academia? Maybe you’re in a field where it’s relatively common to do so. But even if you’re not, the academic job market has been so tight for the last few years that many doctoral students…

The Case for Unique Identifiers The need for unambiguous identification of authorship goes beyond simply avoiding the problem of how many "John Smiths" there are in the world. Unique identification of authorship also facilitates accurate…

When academic researchers were asked, biggest frustration in getting their papers published, and the issue of different formatting requirements for different journals showed up in the top two or three. Having to take time away from their…

Do you spend hours writing chapters and articles and find that it still never sounds quite right? Many people think the only way to improve their writing is to keeping hacking away at it. But that’s not the case. The trick that most people…

In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Juliet says, “that which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” She means that since her family and Romeo’s family are enemies, if either she or Romeo changed their names, they would…

The Potential of Research Competitions There is no doubt that research competitions can inspire creative solutions to problems and significant scientific breakthroughs: Charles Lindbergh’s crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in 1927 in his…

Academics are constantly asked to explain their research to colleagues, at conferences, in interviews, sometimes even to our grandmothers! Of course, being able to give a highly technical and detailed account of your project is necessary…

A Double-Edged Sword While the days of the television stations, landline telephones, punch-card computers, and library card catalogs may be decades behind us now, the rapid advance of technology has brought both convenience and stress.…