Author Archives: Diana Davis

How to get to the Joint Meetings

by Diana Davis As previously discussed, it’s a good idea to go to the MAA/AMS Joint Meetings in January. However, it’s expensive to fly there and stay in a hotel, so you’ll need to find some funding to cover it. … Continue reading

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Optimizing your teaching

By Diana Davis As a mathematician by nature and by trade, I like to approach the world in terms of trying to optimize things: minimizing the time I spend walking to the math department in order to maximize the amount … Continue reading

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Strategies for taking effective notes

By Diana Davis When I got to graduate school, one of the strangest things was all of the crazy ways that my fellow students were taking notes. I had never seen such notes! In my undergrad classes at Williams, everyone … Continue reading

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Should I be a college student or a real adult?

by Diana Davis One question I have considered since becoming a graduate student is the decision whether to be what I would term a “college student” or a “real adult.” For my first year in grad school, I was a … Continue reading

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Choosing a graduate school

By Diana Davis Now is the time when college seniors across the country are receiving their graduate school application decisions: accepted or rejected? Or perhaps wait-listed? And after you’ve received those coveted acceptances, you have to decide between them. How … Continue reading

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