“I Don’t Know What My Mummy Does”

Explaining to non-academics what being a doctoral student entails can be difficult. What is it that we do all day? What is “research” anyway? And, why does it take such a long time? Explaining this to one’s children is undoubtedly an even more difficult task. So, my approach was to ignore going over...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Santoi Wagner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2009-05-01
Series:Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL
Online Access:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/SALT/article/view/1470