Of Fart Machines, Tootsie Roll Pops, and Meeting with Students
This post was written by former Gradhacker author Trent M Kays It’s the time of the semester when students start filing into my office to talk about their grades, course work, and other concerns....
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First Day of Class Rituals
Image by flickr user evmaiden / Creative Commons licensed Because many of us are approaching a new semester, I’d like to reflect on “first day” rituals. As a section leader, instructor of record, or...
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Powering through the Spring Slump
At my institution, spring break is now a good three weeks behind us. As the academic year lets out its last gasp of life, the natural world is teeming. At least, it is here in southern Indiana, where...
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The Tricky Business of Grading Participation
In our teaching roles as graduate students, we often are called on to assess students’ participation in classroom activities like discussion; often, this evaluation assumes the form of assigning an...
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From Summer to Semester
If you planned your summer like I did, you likely didn’t complete half of what you set out to do. As a graduate student, I know how difficult it can be to transition from a leisurely summer to a more...
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Supervising Undergraduate Student Projects
Kaitlin Gallagher is a PhD Candidate specializing in Biomechanics at the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Waterloo in Canada, and a permanent author for GradHacker. You can follow her on...
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4 Ways to Improve Your Self-Knowledge and Awareness
Natascha Chtena is a PhD student in Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. You can follow her on Twitter @nataschachtena Honestly, I have a hard time...
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Student Referrals: How and When
Laura B. McGrath is a PhD student in English at Michigan State University, specializing in modernist literature and media studies. She tweets at @lbmcgrath and blogs at Emerging Modernisms. Many of us...
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Grading Can Be Fun…Almost
Natascha Chtena is a PhD student in Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. You can follow her on Twitter @nataschachtena. When I started teaching a daily...
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How to Deal With Negative Teaching Evaluations
Natascha Chtena is a PhD student in Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. You can follow her on Twitter @nataschachtena Let’s face it, a bad review is like...
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