The biggest barriers in academia are often not ability but access, including access to the tacit knowledge that nobody writes down. These writings are my attempt to write it down: the processes, norms, and decisions that shape a research career but rarely appear in any handbook. Doing so in public is part of my broader commitment to broadening access to research training.
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Scheduling a PhD committee meeting
A guide for scheduling a PhD committee meeting: agree a time with your advisor, remove the impossible options, and let the poll lead to a decision.
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A Practical Guide to the UBC PhD Thesis Submission and Examination Process
The tacit timeline behind a UBC doctoral defence: the departmental exam, the external examiner, the final oral defence, and the final submission, written down so the next student does not have to reverse-engineer it.