Reflections on My PhD Journey Thus Far

As of this writing, I am a PhD candidate in my third year of the Geography PhD program at the…

Brief Notes on the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP) in Spatial Analysis: The Case of the Zip Code

[Note: Here, I refer to “zip codes” as used in the U.S. This does not apply to zip codes in…

I. Transitions and Other Niceties It’s September now, and the Fall semester has begun. For me, that means attending my…

When I travel, I like to carry a notebook with me. During my honeymoon, I carried a little gold-toned notebook-…

As of today, I am officially done with the 2017-18 academic year. I’ve submitted my last term paper ever, and…

As I work on my dissertation, one question arises over and over: whether my disability status as a researcher matters,…

There’s a certain irony, I think, in this blog being updated so infrequently. My goal as a PhD student is…

Per 2015 American Community Survey (Census Bureau) data, non-institutionalized U.S. civilians with disabilities ages >16 had a median income of…

It seems as though this blog is something I pick up and put back down for long intervals. When I…

Hello! I realize it has been some time since I last wrote. For a while, I was periodically compiling articles…

As I mentioned in my previous post, I will be incorporating mapping into my everyday reading and writing practice. Mapping…

Hello! It has been some time since the last time I blogged here. This Spring semester has been busier than…

STAT – House Republicans would let employers demand workers’ genetic test results (10 March 2017) This takes the ACA’s “workplace…

As a health geographer, it is a given that place matters. Where you are born, where you live, where you…

Chicago Tribune | (31 Jan 2017) Hearing Aids May Soon Be Sold Over-the-Counter Following the FDA scrapping a regulation that…