Erica Anne Price

Marking Time or Making Progress?

So here we are again, with me missing another monthly blog post. But this time, it’s a little bit different than when I missed the post a couple of months ago. This time, something happens to my brain when summer vacation starts, which I’m sure a lot of us can relate to. I suddenly forgetContinue reading “Marking Time or Making Progress?”

“Building a Community: Connecting with History Enthusiasts and Researchers”

I’ll start off by saying that I’m bummed that I didn’t get a March post in. That’s what happens when my hope for the March post was content related to my dissertation, and I ended up not writing in that section and I didn’t have another section that I wanted to present in a post.Continue reading ““Building a Community: Connecting with History Enthusiasts and Researchers””

Time and Task Management:

Reflections on Post-Coursework Years Chaos. Regret. Stagnant. I think that is the best way to describe what these last few semesters as a Ph.D. Student and Ph.D. Candidate have felt like. I don’t have classwork to complete, classes to go to, or a true schedule to complete for accomplishing my tasks and goals for theContinue reading “Time and Task Management:”

2024 TBR and Watch List: Must-Reads and Must-Watches for Every History Enthusiast

Idea for this post and its title inspiration was generated by an AI language model (ChatGPT, OpenAI, 2024) With the new year comes a lot of goal-setting. For me, it’s getting my dissertation done, or at least a draft by the end of the spring semester, working on my mapping project, and drumming up interestContinue reading “2024 TBR and Watch List: Must-Reads and Must-Watches for Every History Enthusiast”

Is that really how Mayor Crossman got elected? (with Update, December ’23)

I suppose the background you may need on this is that I am constructing a map as a part of my dissertation. Broadly speaking, I am generating a map to put the events and locations from my dissertation into a single place. And that allows me to answer some really cool questions. Like this one:Continue reading “Is that really how Mayor Crossman got elected? (with Update, December ’23)”

Can She Do It? Three Weeks of Research Without a Checked Bag?

So a bit of a spoiler alert here: I think I can. But let’s dive in anyway: I have the largest research trip of my PhD career coming up in about a week and a half from the time I am writing this. Three weeks, four cities, and one conference in there as well. AndContinue reading “Can She Do It? Three Weeks of Research Without a Checked Bag?”

Reflections on an Uncalendared Semester

Chaos. That is the best way to describe what this semester felt like. Or rather this whole school year. This was the first time I did not have classwork to complete, classes to go to, and an actual schedule to accomplish my tasks and goals for the semester, and I felt it was hard. Sure,Continue reading “Reflections on an Uncalendared Semester”

The Potential of Rediscovery, Part II: The Results

It has been two weeks since I started using MarginNote3 to work on my dissertation prospectus and one of my chapters. So let’s see how it went. Overall I am very happy with it. I love being able to see notes from multiple documents in the same place. Here are some notes that I made:Continue reading “The Potential of Rediscovery, Part II: The Results”

The Potential of Rediscovery…. Finding the Best Dissertation Notetaking and Research Tool

Follow me as I spend the next two weeks testing out the newest version of an app I found super interesting as an M.Ed. student to see if it is what I am looking for now as a PhD student.

How a newly minted Ph.D. Candidate prepares for 2023

I realize that I am somewhat late to the game when it comes to “journaling” my Ph.D. journey, at least publically. I do promise that I have some things set aside for myself to reflect upon later, but for now, I wanted to branch out and be a bit more public-facing as I really startContinue reading “How a newly minted Ph.D. Candidate prepares for 2023”