Category Archives: Graduate School

The Publication Process

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Alex Kroeger

Nathan Jensen has a great post on the realities of the publication process. This is a must read for all graduate students, particularly those in their first or second year.

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Impostor Syndrome: It does not end with graduation

Posted on February 9, 2013 by matthewmorehouse

It appears that impostor syndrome is something that will go with people beyond graduate school. Here is an article about dealing with impostor syndrome as a young faculty member. http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2012/08/20/essay-how-new-faculty-members-can-deal-impostor-syndrome

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Tips for Teaching: From Carly

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Carly Jacobs

As part of the new student orientation for the department, Jake Wobig and I were asked to talk briefly about teaching and give advice to folks who might be landing in the classroom for the first time this semester. Jake … Continue reading →

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Online game theory course from Stanford

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Jake Wobig

I just learned that this past Monday, a pair of professors at Stanford began teaching a course in game theory, online, which is freely accessible to anyone. (!) The link is here.

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Grad School “Impostor Syndrome”

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Jake Wobig

I found this post this afternoon that might be of some interest to fellow graduate students. In this gig we’re surrounded by smart people and it’s easy to start believing you’re just not up to the same level as your … Continue reading →

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How to pick a research project

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Jake Wobig

I saw that Chris Blattman put some links on his blog to some essays by economist Don Davis on how to select research topics. Directly relevant to political science as well. Good stuff.

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An Illustrated Guide to the Ph.D.

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Jake Wobig

Check it out.

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More social science math

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Jake Wobig

I found this cool stats resource today -it’s a nice summary of the basic concepts in probability and statistics. Should be useful for those learning and a good refresher for everyone else.

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Social science math

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Jake Wobig

From my conversations with many of the new students, I know that one of the biggest concerns of first year grad students is the stats course required of them this fall, Pols 800. I remember when I started that I … Continue reading →

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PS Article on how to write publishable seminar papers