Tag Archives: post-doc

Future Projects Page Now Up

Posted on July 1, 2014 by troyrhoades

Please look at the menu bar of this blog for a moment. You will (hopefully) notice the new “Future Projects” page, which give descriptions of my three current projects. Two of these projects have more detailed sub-pages. Please feel free … Continue reading →

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#CfA – Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Centre for 21st Century Studies

Posted on February 18, 2014 by troyrhoades

The Centre for 21st Century Studies  at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee recently announced a call for applications for its Provost Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2014-15. The theme for this year is “Humanities Futures.” You can find more specific information on the … Continue reading →

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Is it worth writing textbooks?

Posted on September 26, 2013 by troyrhoades

Originally posted on Thinking culture:
A few times recently I’ve heard some discussion of textbook writing. The underlying question always seems to be whether or not it is worth writing a textbook. You can understand the hesitation. The barriers are…

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Writing (too) well

Posted on September 18, 2013 by troyrhoades

Earlier this month, Rachel Toor, of The Chronicle of Higher Learning‘s bloggers, wrote two posts about writing that were interesting to me. I have been busy writing since I began my post-doc this month so process and style of writing have … Continue reading →

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Time to Start Focusing

Posted on August 15, 2013 by troyrhoades

I just got my new office chair from Ikea and as I was putting it together I started to get excited about the coming months. As I announced earlier on this blog, I received funding for a post-doctoral fellowship at … Continue reading →

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Dissertation Day and a Big Announcement

Posted on May 30, 2013 by troyrhoades

Today is the second anniversary of defending my Ph.D. dissertation. It is a good day to announce a big change has happened in my career. But before I get to that I want to apologize to the readers of this … Continue reading →

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