phud

Yeah, I earned a phud, and that represents a boatload of hard work, and yes, part of that hard work included finishing a significant original research project.

Archive 2009-02-01 Bardiac 2009

And I think I'm a way better instructor and scholar now than I was before I finished the phud.

Archive 2009-02-01 Bardiac 2009

NegativeCapability, I know I felt getting my epic was more important to my guild friends than my phud was to anyone but myself.

Ding! Bardiac 2009

On my campus, we have a writing person well, there's a whole big fancy title who's the only actual comp/rhet phud on campus, and she's friendly, so I chose her.

Archive 2009-03-01 Bardiac 2009

I've never taught anywhere post-phud like that and that's three jobs.

Archive 2009-03-01 Bardiac 2009

What if you're already finished with your phud and don't feel qualified to teach composition?

Archive 2009-03-01 Bardiac 2009

On my campus, we have a writing person well, there's a whole big fancy title who's the only actual comp/rhet phud on campus, and she's friendly, so I chose her.

Thinking about Teaching Comp Bardiac 2009

Now, I can also email a former student who's studying for a phud in comp/rhet.

Thinking about Teaching Comp Bardiac 2009

Yeah, I earned a phud, and that represents a boatload of hard work, and yes, part of that hard work included finishing a significant original research project.

Ding! Bardiac 2009

In my phud program, new grad students tended to get put into a comp classroom as teachers early on, and only later TA'ed for lit type courses.

Stepping Back Bardiac 2009