Quick note for International Students: First, let’s get the “urgent” issue out of the way. :) As of early 2023 when this article is written, the job market in the United States has been affected by the economic downturn and many companies have been experiencing a hiring freeze. Many job offers…

This article is part of a blog series. You can find the table of content in the preface here [ Preface Link ]. My intended audience is PhD students, so “deadline” in this article refers to a paper deadline. …

There’s a joke saying the easiest way to piss off a PhD student is to ask “how’s your research going” 😂 Well, this can be true sometimes... Yes, research is hard since it’s full of uncertainties and it requires diverse sets of skills that we were not trained for before…

Congratulations on your paper acceptance!!! 🎉 My very first suggestion on what to do now is — celebrate! 🙌 You worked so hard on this and now it’s time to enjoy the victory! Then what? You should share this great news with the world! aka. academic marketing ;) As academics…

I created a Github repo to gather information and start conversations on this important issue. The toxic culture has to stop. Glad to see some initial victory for justice. RIP. Huixiang. We're fighting for you. Please consider contributing if you have more information or thoughts to share with the world! https://github.com/felicitia/FightingAcademicMisconduct

This tweet is the beginning of my story. As a junior researcher (last-year PhD student with ~200 followers on Twitter), I didn’t expect my tweet to get this much attention (more likes than my followers!). …

There are plenty of opportunities for Ph.D. students that I myself have benefited a lot from throughout my Ph.D., so I want to write a summary and share them with you! :) This post aims to serve as a table of contents with external links for you to navigate the…

Update on Nov 26, 2020: I created a Github repo to gather information on academic misconduct (https://github.com/felicitia/FightingAcademicMisconduct). This has to stop. Please contribute to it if you have information or thoughts to shed light on this important issue. Background: The Hidden Story Behind the Suicide PhD Candidate Huixiang Chen (https://medium.com/@huixiangvoice/the-hidden-story-behind-the-suicide-phd-candidate-huixiang-chen-236cd39f79d3) posted by…

The experiences on attending research conferences can be very different for everyone. Fun as in hanging out with friends and traveling around, productive as in discussing research ideas and collaboration opportunities, boring as in you don’t understand the talks and you don’t know anyone, nervous as in you’re worried about…