Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.Jun 3, 20191 minBurnout is a real medical conditionAcademia is a ripe environment for burnout, as its culture encourages overwork and discourages whole life integration.
Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.Mar 29, 20192 minDrowning in your liminality? Listen to this.A couple weeks ago I published a blog post about Liminality and the Job Market. Here I argued that while the majority of Ph.D.s end up...
Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.Mar 15, 20194 minLiminality and the Job Market“A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March.” –Brutus, to Caesar, Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare The Ides of March—March 15—is...
Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.Dec 30, 20182 minDeveloping Effective New Year's ResolutionsI am suspicious of new year’s resolutions—according to the research of Prof. John C. Norcross (the University of Scranton), 45% of...