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What’s your name and where are you from? My name is Dr Sarah-Louise Quinnell and I am a cultural / behavioral geographer with research interests in how people, specifically researchers interact / engage with virtual space and form communities of knowledge support and practice as well as how social media can be used for academic research and professional development.   What is the name of your website and what is your role there? Networked researcher -  I am the Founder and the Managing Editor.   Briefly, what’s your website all about? The purpose of the site is to support and…
What’s your name and where are you from?  My name is Anna Sloan. I’m a PhD student at the University of Warwick,  although I’m originally from San Francisco. While completing my thesis , I’m also working part time at the Wolfson Research Exchange, a space devoted to promoting interdisciplinary collaborations within our university.   What is the name of your website and what is your role there? PhD Life. I’m the managing editor and I also started the blog originally (we recently had our first birthday!).   Briefly, what’s your website all about? It’s a community blog written by PhD…
What’s your name and where are you from?  Katie Linder.  I’m originally from Portland, OR, but I completed my MA and PhD at Ohio State and I know live and work in Boston, MA.  I started my dissertation in the spring of 2010 and successfully defended and graduated in the spring of 2011.  I now direct the Center for Teaching Excellence at Suffolk University in Boston.   What is the name of your website and what is your role there?  My website is To Do: Dissertation and I am the creator and moderator of the blog.  Originally, I posted several…
What’s your name and where are you from?  My name is Dr. Rebecca Barber, and I am from Mesa, Arizona. I graduated in May, 2011 with a Ph.D in Education Policy from Arizona State University.   What is the name of your website and what is your role there? Protoscholar.com - I started protoscholar in 2005 as I was beginning my graduate school journey. The blog was a way for me to track my emergence as a scholar and the tools, tips and tricks I learned along the way.    Briefly, what’s your website all about? Protoscholar is a blend…
What’s your name and where are you from? My name is Katy Meyers, and I am a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at Michigan State University.   What is the name of your website and what is your role there? I am co-editor and one of the creators of GradHacker.org.   Briefly, what’s your website all about? GradHacker is a collaborative blog and bootcamp program that spans universities and programs. It is written by graduate students from a variety of universities, departments, and stages in their careers and for the entire range of graduate and professional students.  …
What’s your name and where are you from? Dr. Inger Mewburn. I’m an Australian academic based in Melbourne in the School of Graduate Research at RMIT University. Our unit is dedicated to improving the quality of research education at RMIT and my role is to develop professional development opportunities for our 1600 or so PhD and Masters Degree by research students. In addition I do research on research student experience.   What is the name of your website and what is your role there? My website is called ‘The Thesis Whisperer’; a self help site written for and by PhD…
What’s your name and where are you from? My name is Rachael Cayley, and I am a lecturer at the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Toronto. I teach courses on academic writing and speaking to graduate students.    What is the name of your website and what is your role there? Explorations of Style: A Blog about Academic Writing is a blog that I created in January 2011 as a place to explore issues in academic writing.      Briefly, what’s your website all about? The blog offers a regular discussion of issues in academic writing, both…