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A Summer of Academic FOMO

August 8, 2018 ~ Val ~ Leave a comment

Academic FOMO (Feeling of Missing Out, for any non-millennials who happen to be reading) is that feeling you get when you don’t think you’ve accomplished much as you approach the end of your summer “break” (to say break without quotations would be a lie). This feeling is exacerbated when you see your fellow grad students … Continue reading A Summer of Academic FOMO

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(Medieval) History PhD, Princeton (2025). Wheelchair user since 2008. Bylines in The New York Times, PopSugar, and Healthline.

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