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Podcast: New Books in Education
Episode: Exploring the Emotional Arc of Turning a Dissertation into a Book
Description: Imposter syndrome. Intellectual fatigue. Feeling like you have nothing interesting to say. Not liking your topic or your research anymore. Wondering if anyone even cares if you write a book. Is a pile of emotional luggage getting in the way of your progress? On this episode of the Academic Life, Dr. Leslie Wang joins us to talk about emotional blocks that arise when turning a dissertation into a book, and what to do about them.Inside most scholars are the criticisms and judgments we’ve carried since graduate school (and a few we’ve carried longer than that...