So I am running away to Graduate School
I have recently announced I am going to spend the next three-four years in a Ph.D program at Bowling Green State University. Here is the list of common questions people keep asking me, I hope to answer these questions less.
When did you make this decision?
I started the work for the applications in August of last year. This includes narrowing the program list, budgeting for application fees, studying for the GRE, and spending a lot of time in the fetal position.
Why Bowling Green?
The same reason you are wearing that shirt, it seemed like a good idea at the time. I like their combination of media studies and the fact they have several faculty members who work in new media. Also the proximity to multiple baseball stadiums has its advantages. Also they accepted me and offered me money.
Where is Bowling Green?
I am moving to the one in Ohio, the one with Bowling Green State University in it.
What are you going to study?
I am considering doing qualitative analysis of interpersonal relationships, specifically exploring why men watch multiple SportsCenters when they are identical. I love SportsCenter, but I can’t watch more than one back to back. Bill can watch seven. Or I will continue to study protest rhetoric, but broaden my analysis into studying new media.
For those of you who do not know my research areas (Read: Everyone), the qualitative stuff was a joke. Simply, math is boring. Critical media analysis is interesting.
Are you moving?
At this moment no, but Bill, Cody, and I will be moving to the metropolis of Bowling Green. I know there are a budding number of online college programs. However very few are in Communication Studies, even fewer are Ph.D granting, and even fewer than that are credible. Besides I have never lived in the Eastern Time Zone, I hear it is an hour later.
Why aren’t you staying closer to home?
Clearly because I hate you. Or because the Ph.D programs outside of Minnesota are better fit for me academically. I researched every Ph.D program available and narrowed it to a few which interested me. The only place I eliminated from this list was Florida. I hate Florida.
When are you moving?
We will move sometime at the end of July or the beginning of August. Seriously that is the most accurate I can be at this time. We do not know where we will because I have not made that decision yet.
When will you be leaving LCB?
Ironically, I will be leaving my job sometime at the end of July or the beginning of August. It is hard for me to teach when I am not in the time zone.
What will Bill do?
He will continue to work for ACS and continue to work from home. Now instead of working from home one to two days a week, he will do it all the time. Why? Because he is awesome. You should be jealous of how awesome he is.
How does Cody feel about this?
Well it was his idea. We all know that nine pound dogs make the big decisions.
If you have other questions I will amend the list, but seriously why are you that interested?