Scholars never spent much time on Strauss & Howe, but their generational theory has lived on in public opinion. I’ve been grateful for Pew, who have made age cohorts as sound as the science allows. But I see them saying the science isn’t strong enough to sustain.
There were a lot of twists and turns in those last few months, what with the global pandemic and usual grad school rigmarole, but my thesis was completed, defended, revised, and finally submitted this month. Before I go over some of those later experiences, this: “The Social Lives of Dementia Caregivers” is complete and available! […]
To earn many Master’s degrees and (probably) all PhDs, students must demonstrate what they have learned by performing and analyzing original research. This is the thesis or dissertation (usage varies by university, but my school and most others use “thesis” for Master’s, “dissertation” for PhD). Beyond the skills of theory, literature review, methodology, and analysis […]
I’ve finally developed a content analysis model I like for my literature sidequest, but implementing it has been an education of its own. I’ve never fully gained control of my reading speeds: I have slow and extremely focused or I have quick skimming. I’ll retain the slow approach well, but if I stop to take […]
I got sidetracked for a while, finishing old assignments, dealing with some household stuff. I find it’s easy to get back to it once I’m sitting at the desk, but THAT is the challenge. Getting in position. Making time, pulling myself away from other things. My current estimate is that it takes me 2x as […]
— and yes, there has to be a process —
The goal of graduate school is not to learn everything there is to learn about a field; indeed, the breadth of anything warranting the term “field” should be far too deep, and when you add in the hyperspecialization researchers and educators are expected to develop there’s simply too much for any one mind to handle. […]
The last few sessions, every time I sit down to my thesis, I have felt invigorated, enlivened by the topic and the contribution I hope to make. Today started out much the same, but after a few hours of just moving around tidbits and half-citations, it’s starting to set in just how much of an […]
I write this from sunny Oakland, California. I’ve traveled more in the last year than I ever did as a caregiver, and the logistics and costs have been… punishing. I missed a deadline to get some conference reimbursements this month, but that was far from the first cost I’ve eaten. Travel was one of the […]
We have this “fun” activity we’re supposed to do this week, wherein we use software to write poetry about our research paradigm. There is no part of that sentence that appeals to me, especially in combination. But I have it lucky, I’m still bursting with ideas and versatility after all these years. While I’m struggling […]
Theories of Care 