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Benjamin Mako Hill
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103
Is it rude to use tracking softwares for the emails that you send to potential advisors?
Jan 9 '17 at 0:43
67
Would it be acceptable to occasionally sleep at the lab?
Feb 25 '15 at 22:27
39
What to do when university has not yet reimbursed travel costs for a job interview?
Mar 26 '15 at 10:54
39
How do I turn the acceptance offer down gently?
Mar 10 '15 at 17:24
36
How to deal with two students who potentially colluded when one is unavailable?
Oct 26 '14 at 22:25
34
How/when to retract a project from a student?
Apr 2 '14 at 17:28
30
Should you thank helpful referees in the acknowledgements section of a paper?
Nov 2 '14 at 19:02
28
Should I start my CV by telling about myself?
Dec 7 '14 at 17:28
26
Is it possible to get a professor position without having had any fellowships in grad school?
Dec 28 '16 at 3:17
26
How to tell my supervisor that I have severe phobia of flying?
Dec 8 '14 at 23:52
25
Do I need to mention having survived a life-threatening illness when applying for a new academic position?
Dec 19 '14 at 19:12
25
Does “corresponding author” carry an implied meaning?
May 18 '13 at 21:49
22
Are best-paper awards for conferences rigged/pre-decided?
Jul 23 '18 at 12:05
22
Is it worth seeking disability accommodations if I get good grades anyway?
Mar 9 '15 at 19:05
21
How to remove gender bias from an academic job search?
Sep 26 '14 at 21:44
19
How do I tell my supervisor his idea is incorrect?
Mar 29 '15 at 4:37
19
What is the difference between a school and a department?
Apr 24 '14 at 6:05
19
What time of day should I schedule my thesis defense?
Apr 24 '14 at 5:42
18
Old PI's coauthorship on a paper after finishing the postdoc, a preliminary idea developed then but rejected by him
Aug 14 '14 at 2:41
15
How is a part-time degree (from a reputed institute) perceived in the academic job market?
Jun 14 '13 at 22:49
14
Why do many recent open access “mega-journals” only cover biological sciences?
Feb 13 '13 at 17:50
13
Must I decline to review a former colleague's work?
Jun 10 '14 at 19:32
13
How to get pornographic movies for scientific research purposes?
Apr 8 '14 at 1:09
13
Issues with publishing dissertation on an interest/advocacy group's website
Feb 11 '13 at 0:57
13
Value of light-to-none peer reviewed pay-to-publish articles
Feb 11 '13 at 1:08
12
How to write teaching philosophy and research statement?
May 8 '15 at 18:37
12
Navigating the Thorny Issue of Receiving Job Offers While in a PhD Program
Mar 4 '15 at 19:05
12
What's in a 'vita'?
Dec 19 '14 at 1:22
12
Is the classical chair system (in which a senior professor supervises junior professors) obsolete?
Apr 9 '14 at 16:52
12
Should non-tenured/non-tenure-track faculty be permitted to vote on tenure-track hires?
Feb 12 '13 at 22:13
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