Finding My Niche Despite Chronic Illness
A few weeks into my first year as a Sociology PhD student, I started to notice intense pain after working out. I don’t know exactly when things changed, but I […]
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Falling Down on the Job: Chronic Illness in Post-Graduate Workplace (Part 2)
(This post continues on from Falling Down on the Job: Chronic Illness in Post-Graduate Workplace Part 1). What could anyone in my situation do to prevent what happened to me? […]
Living with depression (while doing a PhD)
After a string of conversations on twitter, I wanted to write about the hard work that goes in to being a PhD student as someone who suffers from depression. As […]
Doing a PhD in half the time
When chronic illness decides to get in on the party that should be your PhD, one’s relationship to time and productivity can be challenging. In this post from Tenure She […]
Pursuing a PhD and Battling an ‘Invisible Disability’
Not all disabilities are the same. Not all disabilities are considered disabilities. People have different definitions. The medical community itself has varying degrees of disability. There are invisible disabilities, permanent […]
