Questions tagged [communication]
Questions about how to communicate with others appropriately and professionally; communication etiquette.
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Should I attach my CV when reaching out to professors with a "non-application" email?
Suppose I am a student reaching out to a professor or senior researcher to inquire about their research, arrange a meeting or visit, discuss potential collaboration, etc. That is, sending any kind of ...
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Ghosting in academic recruitment [closed]
In September, I applied to a recruitment program under a faculty. Five days later, I received an email asking for an interview with the dean of the faculty. In the interview, the dean seemed to want ...
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How to follow up with my recommenders about a last-minute change in where I'm applying to (and about a proposed research collaboration)
I am currently working on applying PhD programs. Unbeknownst to me, one of the programs I was planning on applying to had stopped accepting applications between the time that I decided to apply to the ...
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Proposing a new PhD topic but staying open to other proposals
I want to contact some complex system researchers in order to find a PhD position the EU. After reading some papers, I identified what I think is a possibility for new interesting work that I have not ...
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How to improve class participation and student soft skills post-COVID?
I have taught as a graduate student and postdoc pre-COVID and as a postdoc and an assistant professor post-COVID; the difference has been stark. While during COVID class participation was difficult ...
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Is it okay to email researchers if I’m a high school student?
I’m a high school student who reads academic papers in astrophysics for fun because I am passionate about it. Sometimes I have questions or thoughts I’d love to ask the author directly, but I’m not ...
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Reaching out to professors about collaboration while unaffiliated
I have an MS in computer science and have been working in industry for a while. I'd like to apply to PhD programs but believe my profile is too weak for top programs without additional, more recent ...
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Are cover letters for academic journal submissions still read or are they now just a formality?
In the age of automated submission systems and structured metadata entry, I wonder about the actual value of cover letters when submitting manuscripts to academic journals.
Most submission platforms ...
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Immediately find my own omission after asking a professor a technical question via email. What to do?
I asked a question regarding a professor's paper from the same institution, via email.
However, I soon found the question arose from my own omission while reading his paper. If I had read carefully ...
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Seeking advice on a Sensitive academic situation where I found a counterexample to my professor's claim
I was a student of a famous professor (lets call them professor A). 12 monthes ago I took A's class and read one of Prof A's famous paper. I provided a counterexample to their theorem, chatted in A's ...
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How to find a co-advisor as a late stage PhD student?
I’m starting to realize that the research direction I want to pursue for my dissertation is not well aligned with my advisor’s skill set. I’m a 5th-year student and have come to terms with the fact ...
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How to thank others for referencing my paper? Will it seem unprofessional? Is it common practice? [duplicate]
There are groups who have referenced published papers of which I am a co-author. The groups who referenced are not collaborators. How can I acknowledge their intellectual input?
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To which extent I should let my PI know that I am not feeling very well with my PhD study
I am a first-year international PhD student at a U.S. university, and as the semester approaches its end, I am planning to meet with my PI to reflect on how my first semester has been. While my ...
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How do I convince older academics to switch to MS Teams rather than using email? [closed]
I'm a postdoc and the most junior member in a multidisciplinary academic project. Currently the team's main form of communication is via email, which has become more and more chaotic recently. It's ...
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How to respond to a student email demanding quick feedback?
My group of new masters students submitted their 1st essay. I explained in our 1st group meeting that I may take up to 2 weeks to return essay feedback to all of them. (I said this explicitly to ...
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