PhD - Charlene is Trying to Write

Charlene is Trying to Write

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PhD

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Using han, Finding jeong

Using han, Finding jeong

This is the final reflection I shared in my dissertation. I reflect on my Korean culture and heritage, and the process of using the Korean concept of han to find jeong. I was working as a secondary humanities teacher when I first started thinking about my dissertation, starting with my

Life After the Ph.D.

Life After the Ph.D.

I initially started this website a year ago when I felt as if I was drowning, struggling to find out what my next steps would be and focusing on a dissertation proposal. It had a few names, but all boiled down to finding joy. I successfully defended that proposal in

Finishing the Ph.D.

Finishing the Ph.D.

Perhaps you are a newly minted Ph.D., out in the scary world of academia trying to weather the storm, unsure of when to ease the mainsail, terrified of capsizing yet just as scared to lose momentum, stranded, unable to reach the final destination for your career, or life. Or,