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Posts by: Raul Pacheco-Vega

  1. Write It Up! (Paul Silvia) – my reading notes August 26, 2017

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  2. How to Write A Lot (Paul Silvia) – my reading notes August 26, 2017

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  3. Stylish Academic Writing (Helen Sword) – my reading notes August 25, 2017

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  4. On Writing Well (William Zinsser) – my reading notes August 25, 2017

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  5. Grad school time management: If you *must* work weekends, work on Sunday August 10, 2017

    Posted in academia, graduate school.

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  6. How to prepare for doctoral comprehensive (preliminary, qualifying) exams August 8, 2017

    Posted in academia, research methods.

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  7. “The art of letting go of things”: Toilets as places of refusal August 2, 2017

    Posted in academia.

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  8. The multiple faces of water insecurity August 2, 2017

    Posted in academia, water insecurity.

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  9. Four strategies to help build an academic writing routine July 29, 2017

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  10. A full-engagement-based approach to research July 25, 2017

    Posted in academia, research.

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  11. Identifying what an undergraduate thesis, a Masters’ thesis and a doctoral dissertation entail, and based on that, narrowing the research thesis topic July 15, 2017

    Posted in academia.

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  12. 2 hours of research in the morning or 2 hours of #AcWri? Choose what’s best for you. July 14, 2017

    Posted in academia.

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  13. Common mistakes to avoid in academic job market submissions July 8, 2017

    Posted in academia.

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  14. Becoming an Academic Writer (Patricia Goodson) – my reading notes July 8, 2017

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  15. A step-by-step guide to writing a research paper, from idea to full manuscript June 30, 2017

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  16. How many sources are enough? Six questions on breadth and depth of literature reviews June 17, 2017

    Posted in academia, research.

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  17. Taking back your own time: No e-mail before lunch (noon) June 16, 2017

    Posted in academia.

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  18. The transnational life of Fiji bottled water June 4, 2017

    Posted in academia, bottled water, research.

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  19. Writing a memorandum based on a synthetic note May 27, 2017

    Posted in academia, research, writing.

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  20. They Say/I Say: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing (my reading notes) May 13, 2017

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  21. Glorifying busy, the cult of productivity and the constant contradictions within academia May 10, 2017

    Posted in academia, research.

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  22. Distinguishing between description and analysis in academic writing May 7, 2017

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  23. Moving forward and Will H. Moore-ing it forward May 3, 2017

    Posted in academia.

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  24. Writing synthetic notes of journal articles and book chapters May 3, 2017

    Posted in academia.

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  25. Writing an annotated bibliography April 28, 2017

    Posted in academia, writing.

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