Have Faith in Yourself and Trust the Process
Interviewer: Mary Dinh Interviewee: Kewsi Burgess I met with Kewsi Burgess in the afternoon, where I usually found him writing as a habit he has created for himself and intentionally …
Entering Your Dream PhD Program
Interviewer: Mary Dinh Interviewee: Yingru Zhao (1st year doctoral student) I met Yingru Zhao, our new ETAP doctoral student. She is from Shenyang, China, a location so far away from …
Welcome Back Event
From ‘who we are’ to ‘how we can be better’ ETAP DocS’ Welcome Back Event on August 31, 2022 was the first business meeting of the 202-2023 academic year. This …
Psychological Issues & Graduate Students
We frequently hear about mental illnesses and their potentially issues effects on human health. What exactly are mental illnesses? Mental illnesses or mental disorders are conditions that have a direct …
Content Analysis
What is it? : Content Analysis (CA) is a systematic, replicable technique for compressing many words of text into fewer content categories based on explicit rules of coding (Stemler, 2000). …
Characteristics and Components of Academic Writing
Academic writing differs from informal writing in several ways, with the following being the most important: Formal/academic vocabulary: This is the most obvious characteristic of academic writing. Use vocabulary specific …
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Letter from a faculty – Carla Meskill
Welcome new and returning students to the Fall 2022 semester. Tremendous thanks to the outgoing ETAP DocS founders and officers who, through thick and thin, kept this group together during …
Systematic Review
What is it? : Systematic Review (SR) is the methods involving in “a detailed and comprehensive plan and search strategy derived a priori, with the goal of reducing bias by …
A Guide to Use Writing Center
1) Writing center as a proofreader We encourage you to use UAlbany Writing Center actively for proofreading. Sometimes it is hard to find a friend who reads your academic writing …
Forward From ETAP DocS Board Member 2022-2023
Hi everyone, Welcome to the first e-newsletter of the ETAP Doctoral Students’ Group (ETAP DocS). As board members of the ETAP DocS 2022-2023 academic year, welcome all current and new …
