I am happy to report that I have been productive since my last PhD update post. After a bit more editing I finally submitted my first study to a journal! I am just really hoping that it gets to the reviewer stage. So many hours went into the media analysis so sending it off was a huge relief- I celebrated […]
I had a mini-extensional crisis the other day. I went to go get a scan done at the radiologists and thought about how much I think I would enjoy that job. How much I would enjoy being a radiologist. I came out from my scan genuinely questioning everything. What if doing my PhD was the complete wrong decision? What if […]
** In Collaboration** It’s no secret to any student that studying for a PhD can take a severe toll on mental health. The psychological struggles of students have been coming to the fore for years now, and they’re finally getting the attention they deserve. Go figure that high-stress levels and insane workloads are making people pretty miserable. The chances are […]
Part of operation GTFO is writing introductory chapters, and part of writing introductory chapters is writing about complicated theories and ideas, which can be a very tedious task. I have been trying to write my theories of perception of risk and theories of fears sections of chapter 2, on and off, for a few weeks now. But I have developed […]
I am sure that you, like me, have said to multiple people during your thesis experience that “My PhD is a job” or “I am going to work”. As PhD students we are so quick to defensively argue that our PhD is a job, but many of us are much less likely to actually treat it like one. We will […]
Click here for what I learnt during my second year of a PhD. That finishing a PhD in 3 years is (nearly) impossible- When I started my PhD, like many other PhD students at my uni, we anticipate, and plan to finish our thesis in three years. Barely any of us achieve that. Thinking about what comes after a PhD […]
Hi, I’m Stormy Sweitzer, a second-year PhD student at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Though my degree is in organizational behavior, my primary research interest is in the phenomenon of wonder and its implications for organizational life. I also study how the complex virtual and in-real-life social dynamics of activity-centric communities foster inclusion, organization, and interpersonal connection. My […]
