Resources/Advice Guides

Resources for Undergrads (Writing, Reading, Note-Taking, etc.)

Workshops I’ve co-hosted:

• Online Teaching Workshop (Google Doc) [with Josh Hunt]

• Workshop on Seeking & Integrating Feedback (Notion)

  • Q&A Tips

• Boundaries Workshop (created with Carolina Flores and revised in light of a MAP workshop)

  • Boundaries Worksheet

  • Tips for Setting Boundaries

• Workshop on Work Habits, Boundaries, and Mentorship (PDF)

• Summer Course Design Workshop (Notion)

  • Hosted qua grad student teaching mentor to help students prep for solo teaching courses over the Summer for the first time

• Networking & Mentorship: How to Win Friends & Influence People (with Carolina Flores)

• Job Market Early Career Workshop (email me for workshop docs; here are my job market materials)

Other resources (email me if there’s something I can add!)

Collections & General Advice

• MAP (Minorities and Philosophy) has a ton of incredible resources.

• My Resources for Students list - includes podcast & blog lists, and more!

• Liz Jackson’s Philosophy Grad Student Resources - incredible tips, & also has a collection of links!

• Heather Demarest has excellent guides on productivity (including meta-advice that I endorse!) and resilience.

• Eleonore Neufeld’s resource page

Publishing Advice

• Publishing Advice Handout by Eleonore Neufeld & Guillermo Del Pinal

• Publishing Tips by Daniel Muñoz

Apps/Tools I like

Note: I use a Mac; not all of these have PC equivalents, sorry!

Organization

• Omnifocus (task management)

• Agenda & Day One (for goal-setting, review, & reflection)

• Notion (project management)

• DevonThink (database management)

• Fantastical (calendar + reminders)

• Alfred (with Powerpack for workflows!)

Writing & Note-Taking

• Overleaf for browser-based LaTeX (also great for coworking)

  • Recently, I’ve been writing primarily in Overleaf. Of TeX desktop apps, my preference is TeXstudio (with a solarized template) along with either BibDesk or JabRef for reference management

  • Here are some reasons Why I Use LaTeX

  • LaTeX in 30 minutes

  • Willie Costello also has a helpful guide & template here.

  • Mason Westfall has a guide directed toward those who don’t care about type-setting.

  • Here is my Style File for bibliographies. It is a modification of apalike, but doesn’t have that annoying “ming” problem. (it also has other features I like.)

• Ulysses (favorite style file here)

  • I primarily write in TeX, except for short projects or for process-writing.

• Pandoc (for converting from .md to .tex)

• Goodnotes (iPad)

Other

• Setapp (amazing array of apps for Mac!)

  • Timing (for tracking time on laptop)

  • Focus or Freedom (for blocking apps & websites)

• PDF Expert and/or Adobe Acrobat Pro

Phone

• Forest for ‘planting’ trees: if you leave the app, your plant dies. Very motivating for not checking phone.

• A Habit Tracker (I use ‘Habit Hub,’ but there are many out there. A friend likes ‘Done’)

  • Tips for Setting Habits

Books

• Air & Light & Time & Space: How Successful Academics Write (Helen Sword)

• Structured Procrastination (John Perry)

• How to Write a Lot (Paul Silvia)

• The Coach's Guide for Women Professors (Rena Seltzer)

• Advice for New Faculty, excerpts on writing habits (Robert Boice)

• Atomic Habits (James Clear)

My writing

• Medium article on Work-Life Balance

• Tips for Setting Habits (+ habits I am working on)

Misc

• Writing playlist

Mental Health resources

Work in progress — please feel free to email me suggestions for inclusion!  

• How to Stop Ruminating (NYT)