Advice for academic faculty
Just say no
“The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say no to almost everything.” That is Warren Buffett, quoted in
Advice for new Assistant Professors
It’s a bit early for me to be giving advice (I’m only on the cusp of non-Assistant status), but I found myself asked for advice
Negotiating your academic job offer
Updated December 2014 You’re finishing a PhD and you’ve just gotten a phone call with a verbal job offer. Congratulations! And welcome to the bottom
The discussant’s art
A colleague and I were lamenting the state of paper discussants the other day. Seldom do we faculty teach graduate students how to be professionals.
Field work in the tropics
As I prepare for summer field work, here’s what I tell my research assistants to bring to Liberia and Uganda: One very nice set of
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