• Post-Coursework: How to Find Motivation, Commitment, and Time Management 

    Post-Coursework: How to Find Motivation, Commitment, and Time Management 

    Spread the love       The first two years of graduate school go by in a blur. From intense homework loads to hours of teaching, researching, and studying—and if we’re being honest all of the above—it is easy to fall into the idea that this “will last forever.” And yet, like all difficult things, it passes, and what… Read more

  • Empathy in Education: How to Learn from the Pandemic

    Empathy in Education: How to Learn from the Pandemic

    Spread the love       In this cute—but all too relevant—clip about empathy versus sympathy, it becomes easy to see why empathy triumphs as the go-to mode for handling an anxious or struggling individual. Perhaps these struggling individuals are our students. Actually…we know they are. Now more than ever, the pandemic has pushed people into an empathetic mindset.… Read more

  • How to Succeed in Your PhD, Outside the Classroom Edition

    How to Succeed in Your PhD, Outside the Classroom Edition

    Spread the love       Between classes and possibly even working a job, it might seem like there is never enough time in the day. What could I possibly get done with the little time I have to spare? Well—and you might want to brace yourself—there is actually a lot you need to be doing outside the classroom.… Read more

  • Unreliable Information in the Age of Influencers

    Unreliable Information in the Age of Influencers

    Spread the love       In my college level writing class one of the first things we talk about is reliable sources. What makes something or someone reliable? Who can we trust out there on the interweb? And, most importantly, how do we sort through the bullsh*t? The problem of reliability seems to become even more convoluted when… Read more

  • First Post

    Spread the love       Hello! My name is Sydney Sullivan and I am the creator of Sullivan Posts! This website is designed to contribute to the community of academic writers and researchers around the world. I am a current PhD researcher studying how our mental health is affected by that thing we all use every day… social… Read more