I have some good friends in my program @ UT that put together a very fun (and funny!) “mini series” on being in the academy & life as a graduate student. According to their blog: “Yakademics is a video series about the adventures of two doctoral students in the field of communication, Andrew Ishak and [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘School’
November 24, 2009
Showered in Blessings
Today is a good day. I feel blessed beyond belief and incredibly thankful for all that I’ve been given in the last 24 hrs.
I spent the morning “cold calling” prisons… yes cold calling prisons. I am doing my dissertation research on prisons and prison “membership”… or “what it means to be a member of a [...]
November 9, 2009
An Amazing Blessing
The last few week have been amazing and frustrating at the same time. I’ve had such amazing news to share but have been unable to share it! So here it is….. drum roll……
I HAVE A JOB AND WE’RE MOVING TO OHIO!!!
I got a call from Ohio University Oct 10th. I thought they were calling to [...]
November 9, 2009
Bat in the stairwell…
Bats don’t generally freak me out too much. I grew up going up to my cottage every weekend when I was little and there were always bats overhead at night. We’d be walking home from the beach/lake area back to the “directors cabin” and the little guys were always swarming around overhead. My mom swears [...]
September 27, 2009
When I am stressed…
I cook, I bake, I eat, I REPEAT.
Oct 1 deadline is looming for round 1 of job applications… I am doing a lot of cooking, baking, and eating right now!
September 10, 2009
A little fuzzy, but AWESOME
I Love this photo! This is my dissertation advisor & my hubbie Just priceless! I can only imagine what Larry is thinking in this photo
September 7, 2009
Laboring on Labor Day
Yesterday was a lazy day… it always is after we do set up at church. I love serving at The Stone, and I’ve come to a place where I really don’t mind going to set up at 6:00am one Sunday a month However, I still don’t like the “after effects” of set up [...]
August 12, 2009
Time is running out
I can’t believe that we’ll be home LESS than one week today. This last week is just flying by~ as I knew it would. Qualitative camp has been fantastic. Not suprisingly it’s beautiful here~ and more importantly, we’ve had the opportunity to interact with students/scholars/researchers from ALL over the world. An event like this really [...]
August 5, 2009
Transcribing & Love
You know what love is… LOVE is when your husband transcribes your dissertation interviews for you b/c you are SO stressed you can’t see straight. That my friend, is love.
Yes, Steve is helping me out today by transcribing one of the many interviews that I have collected. For anyone who hasn’t ever transcribed, you [...]
July 15, 2009
Good Friends
Yesterday was a great day. I had some awesome interviews with prison staff ~ heard some interesting stories of prisoner escapes and the importance of rehabilitation in prison settings. It’s so interesting to hear about the differences (or my presumed differences..) between US and Norwegian prisons…
But truly, the best part about yesterday was talking to [...]
