More site updates

I changed things around (again). I changed the features page to include more features. The doctoral video page was renamed to fit with its contents. This way the navigation and features section make more sense, while allowing me to expand and add to the site over time.

I still have a lot of stuff to add to the features section of the site.

Lots of good stuff happening.

Cheers!

r

Added more videos

I added more videos to my features section on the doctoral dissertation. There is a lot of content to cover about a doctoral dissertation. I hope that students will find my tidbits of advice helpful as they work to complete their doctoral journeys.

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New Features section

I’ve been participating in various webinars about the doctoral journey. I love participating in these things. It’s fun to talk about my experience throughout my doctoral journey, and I love generating hope in doctoral students as they pursue one of the most difficult things in the world of academia. While participating in these webinars I had the idea of sharing my experiences and posting them on my website for future doctoral students. I’ve begun doing just that.

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Favorite books

This is continues to be a work in progress. I want to get the various lists to about 50. I have more books to enter here, but it’s taking me longer than I thought.

Here are the lists so far…

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We need to critically think about COVID-19, but we're not

I am no expert on viruses, nor do I claim to be. I’ll leave the medical care to the experts. I am simply an advocate for critical thinking, and Americans need more critical thinking in the age of COVID-19 (CV19).

There is so much data available, and yet the data continues to change daily. Changing data means you must allow your perspectives to adapt as we get more and more data. What we once thought to be true will likely end up being false and vice versa.

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Coronavirus-19 in Phoenix

Phoenix is not living under mandated quarantine. However, the city is asking people to stay at home. The local cities issued decrees earlier this week that most businesses should close and gatherings of 10 or more people are discouraged.

I’ve worked from home this past week. For the most part it was business as usual for me. I’ll again work from home next week. I expect work stuff to move along as normal.

This morning I ventured out of the house to go to the grocery store. We didn’t need anything, per se. There were a few things I wanted to get. So I got in my car and drove the half mile to the store.

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Exploring the meaning of myth part 2

Humans identify things of value. What we see as being valuable ranges from physical things, commodities, behaviors, and even ideas. How do we determine what is and what is not valuable? How do we determine, out of all the things that we find valuable, which one is more valuable than something else? We use our mental models.

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