Kathleen Vacek

Accountability Emails

Researchers Ann N. Amiccuci and Sarah E. DeCapua describe the accountability email practice they developed after taking part in a workshop with me. They discovered many benefits in addition to moving their research projects forward: https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2021/12/07/consider-accountability-emails-place-writing-group-opinion

COVID 19 and Graduate School: Disruptions and Contributions

The passage above is from a chapter in a 2008 book called Infectious Disease Ecology: Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Disease on Ecosystems. This chapter was written by University of Alaska Biology and Wildlife professor, Terry Chapin, and colleagues. I sought out this book because I’ve been thinking about the COVID 19 pandemicContinue reading “COVID 19 and Graduate School: Disruptions and Contributions”

Seeking Balance

Trying to complete a dissertation or thesis alongside all of our other responsibilities is incredibly hard. Many graduate students are also parents, full-time employees or business owners, or involved in teaching or clinical training. All students have lives beyond the dissertation. All have a need for social connection. All have bodies that need care andContinue reading “Seeking Balance”