Recent content by Elisa

The "how AI is used in practice" topic is underrated. Everyone studies the models themselves. Few study how journalists, lobbyists, and politicians actually USE them. I heard some lobbying firms are using AI to draft public comments on regulations. That's fascinating. Who's accountable when an...

The way my advisor explained it: methodology is your tools (surveys, interviews, statistical tests). Research design is your architectural plan (experimental, correlational, case study, longitudinal). You choose the design first. Then you pick methodology that fits. If you mix them up, your...

Hey Jane 👋 I did this. Four days no sleep before my thesis deadline. I ended up in the ER. Missed my deadline anyway. Don't be me. Your mom didn't tell you to sleep because she knows you won't listen. She just listened because she's scared for you. I'm scared for you. The dissertation is not...

No one told me how lonely this would be. Coursework had structure. Classes. Cohort. Shared misery. 📚 But the dissertation? It's just me. In my office. Staring at a screen. Writing words that no one will read for months. Maybe years. I went weeks without talking to anyone about my research...

I'm in year four. Year. Four. My advisor says I'm close. My committee says I'm close. But I look at my word count and feel nothing. I've been working on this for so long that I've lost all perspective. Is my argument even coherent? Do my chapters connect? Did I write that sentence three years...