Not all students have access to guidance on navigating the unique world of academic research. Importantly, this uneven playing field hurts equity and diversity. To play a small role in addressing this problem, I am providing the following documents to share my perspective on academic research. All thoughts here are my personal opinions and not the policy or views of my employer.
If you have ideas for other topics or dissemination mechanisms, e-mail me! I will continue developing these documents, so appreciate your feedback. I am particularly interested in assisting students who must overcome systemic inequalities and racism to advance and feel welcome in their academic institutions. Please reach out if I can be of assistance.
Advice for graduate students
Expectations of graduate students
Meeting with your advisor
Establishing an online presence
Building expertise
Collaboration
Further resources
Being a productive writer
The process of writing a paper
Advice on paper sections
Literature review
Paper formatting advice
Sharing papers and source code
The peer-review process
Choosing where to publish your work
Reviewing a paper
Latex template for paper review responses
Getting published in Earthquake Spectra and beyond (video)
Checklist for effective presentations (coauthored with Sabine Loos)
Attending a conference
Developing and giving technical presentations (video)
General strategies for preparing presentations (video)
Creating effective graphics (video)
Don't wait for things to get easy
Promoting classroom discussion
Stand-up meeting format
Why I am writing advice articles
An honest bio
Being a professor
Negative proposal review comments
Acknowledgments: Thanks to Lukas Bodenmann, Corinne Bowers, Francisco Galvis, Erica Fischer, Anne Hulsey, Peter Lee, Dawn Lehman, Sabine Loos, Rodrigo Silva Lopez, Maryia Markhvida, Emily Mongold, Michael Scott, Neetesh Sharma, Danielle Vidal, Jimmy Zhang, Tinger Zhu, Oregon State University Civil and Construction Engineering's Write Club, and the rest of my research group for helpful suggestions and feedback on the above documents and this general project.
Thanks to Ashly Cabas, Gemma Cremen, Roberto Gentile, Yolanda Lin, Sabine Loos, Chukwuebuka Nweke, and Lisa Tobber for excellent insights and feedback on the faculty articles.
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