Category Archives: Grad School

Effective Conference Presentations and Networking

Posted on May 2, 2019 by JB

Note: Shocking as this was to discover, today marks the sixth birthday of the Bone Broke blog. My first post, “OsteoMenagerie I: The Navicular“, went up on May 2, 2013.  It is tempting to open this post with a snarky … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Dissertation Writing Tips (as illustrated by cats)

Posted on September 14, 2016 by JB

Ah, September. That time of the year when mornings become crisp, foliage is newly painted in scarlet and amber hues, and graduate students are gripped with a crippling sense of guilt in regards to all of the writing they did … Continue reading →

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My Dissertation Defense

Posted on May 27, 2016 by JB

It’s been a quiet month on the blog. My absence has been due to the fact that I’ve been up to lots of different things, including: Participating in the University of Michigan Preparing Future Faculty program (through which I was … Continue reading →

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Osteology Everywhere: College Bar Edition

Posted on January 21, 2016 by JB

This past Monday night I grabbed a pitcher* with a friend at a local watering hole. After a long day of grappling with histograms of canine metrics, I felt that some time apart from bones in any form was well-warranted: But of … Continue reading →

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What I’m Doing With My Summer (Part I)

Posted on May 15, 2015 by JB

What’s that you say? Have I been absent from the blog for the past several weeks due to exciting journeys to exotic locales, traversing the desolate morains of Iceland, scaling the heights of Peruvian peaks, and exploring the stark desert beauty of … Continue reading →

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Osteology Cakes

Posted on December 5, 2014 by JB

I’m currently living in a part of the world where the sun rises at 9:00 am, and sets at 5:00 pm. Given that I’m at approximately 51˚N, this is not cause for apocalyptic alarm but instead reflects the brevity of winter … Continue reading →

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Blogging Archaeology: March

Posted on March 20, 2014 by JB

So far this year I have applied for thirteen different fellowships or grants.  It’s pretty much par for the course in today’s academia to apply for as much as you possibly can and hope you get lucky somewhere, but it’s … Continue reading →

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The Grand Challenge of Archaeology: Getting young people to respond to a survey, apparently

Posted on January 26, 2014 by JB

While trawling the internet recently, I was directed to a post on SEAC underground, a southeastern archaeology blog jointly authored by a number of graduate students and junior faculty. One of its authors was perplexed by the results of a … Continue reading →

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Teaching Tools: How to set a curve

Posted on December 10, 2013 by JB

Training in graduate student instruction covers a multitude of topics: how to encourage  an inclusive pedagogical atmosphere, how to facilitate discussions of socially controversial topics (which sadly, in this country, include the theory of evolution) and how to avoid having inappropriate … Continue reading →

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How to set up a spreadsheet like a boss

Posted on September 5, 2013 by JB

When I was applying to graduate school, I wish that someone had told me that it helps to either: (a) have an extensive command of the intricacies of office software, or (b) have a close friend who is an office … Continue reading →

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