Advice for Students - Benjamin Noble

01 Five Things I Wish I'd Known Before Starting Grad School Is grad school really that hard? How many hours will I have to work? Will I get a job? ↗ Read 02 How to Choose An Academic Advisor Five qualities to consider beyond their research agenda and subfield expertise. ↗ Read 03 Why You Need an Academic Website And some practical advice for how to make one and what to put on it. ↗ Read 04 Seven Habits of Highly Effective Grad Students The academic market is tough, and you need to start thinking about it early. To be competitive, you'll have to develop some habits that ensure you stay productive and sane. Here are mine. ↗ Read 05 Power Through Your To-Do List with Time Blocking Stop working in reaction mode. Be more proactive about tackling big, complicated projects by making time for deep work. ↗ Read 06 How to Have More Research Ideas There is no formula for coming up with a great research idea. But there is a formula for coming up with more research ideas...some which might be good. ↗ Read 07 Write Your First Draft Faster by Writing the "Minimum Viable Paper" Don't spend valuable time coming up with an amazing research idea. Come up with many ideas, try the best ones quickly, and choose the one that works. ↗ Read 08 How to Productively Process Feedback and Criticism Feedback is a gift, but in this case, it truly is better to give than to receive. I discuss some strategies for dealing with the initial sting and making the most of constructive criticism. ↗ Read 09 A Long Guide to Giving a Short Academic Talk Giving a talk is a lot like selling a car. Take them for a test drive, don't read them the owner's manual. ↗ Read 10 How to Be a Better Reviewer (JAWS Event Recap) Avoid being Reviewer 2 (and stop writing the summary paragraph!). ↗ Read 11 An Introvert's Guide to Navigating Academic Conferences Here's what to do before, during, and after conferences if the idea of shaking hands with strangers in a hotel lobby makes you sweat. ↗ Read 12 Building an Academic Website Rob Williams on building and maintaining an academic website. ↗ Read 13 Three Steps to Success Mirya Holman on academic work habits and professional development. ↗ Read 14 Rewrite and improve the title and abstract of a scientific paper Andrew Gelman on making article framing clearer. ↗ Read