My dissertation proposal defense took place on Thursday morning, and I passed! Yeah!! About 5 or 6 graduate students came, and of course my committee, so it was a small audience. I was nervous at the beginning of the defense, mostly because I felt like I wished I had made more progress on firming up [...]
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public proposal defense: thursday october 25, 9-11am
FYI, I’ll be defending my proposal in a public session on Oct. 25, 9-11am. Location TBD, look for an email in the next day or so. I left the pre-proposal meeting with the impression that a public defense would not be necessary; but we had talked about me doing it regardless of the outcome of [...]
pre-proposal meeting
i’ve scheduled my pre-proposal meeting with my committee. the idea behind having a pre-proposal meeting is to get feedback from the committee before the actual public defense, allowing for time to incorporate the feedback before shooting for the official milestone. it seems like a good idea to me, because otherwise i would run the risk [...]
submitted!
phew. the CHI note is submitted! thank you thank you thank you to everyone who reviewed the paper for us; it is much better for your assistance. i used to love fall. when i was a little nerdy kid by the time August rolled around i was so ready to go back to school, i [...]
teaching
research has taken a bit of a back seat in the past week or so, as teaching is currently kicking my butt. i am hoping to find a rhythm and figure out how to cope and make some research progress, and the sooner the better. my plate is pretty full right now with the CHI [...]
