People say that writing a dissertation can be a solitary, isolating task. Writing one during a pandemic when your only housemate is a dog can have you convinced your dog understands everything you say to him. Several months into the process might find you questioning whether life is even real because you have had such little human contact. I was nine or ten when I first considered getting a Ph.D. I’d just learned that although many women in the family had earned master’s degrees, only men had ever obtained doctoral degrees. When I met the man who would become my doctoral […]
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