Academic Journeys

Behind the Research Cake

October 3, 2013
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I don’t have any data to support this, but I’d venture to guess that most people interact with research when they read a journal article or hear a news-worthy soundbite. In essence, most people are seeing the final product, a perfectly frosted cake sitting prettily in the middle of the table. What they don’t see […]

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SMPC 2013 Wrap-up and Reflections

August 13, 2013
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I have recently returned from the 2013 meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC), which was held at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. On the first leg of my return trip, I was asked by the gentleman sitting next to me to share the “one big thing” I learned at this conference. […]

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10 Strategies for Processing the Big Ideas

July 30, 2013
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It has officially been more than two weeks since I have last updated my blog! Yikes! It has been quite a productive two weeks, though. I’ve spent the majority of the time making progress on my scholarly work. This is an exciting stage for me—many of my ideas, readings, and writings are finally starting to […]

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When Academia and Social Media Collide

July 11, 2013

It’s not too often that my academic and social media worlds collide. But now they have. I had known that you could cite blog posts and emails in scholarly work, but apparently you can do that same for YouTube videos, tweets, and Facebook posts as well. And thanks to the folks at Teachbytes, there is […]

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Seeds of Inspiration and the Clinical-Research Feedback Loop

June 7, 2013
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It struck me recently that I am now two years into a PhD program, yet have spent relatively little time actually blogging about my program and what I’m working on! This is a change for me as my first several years of blogging were centered around sharing my experiences and what I was learning. But […]

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