Welcome to my blog... I think it's really an exercise in ridding my brain of all the PhD stress I have going on at the moment whilst using this as some effort to put myself out there for people to get to know me academically.
My path to PhD Candidate started a few years back when I'd finished my MSc thesis and wanted to expand on it. I took time off to earn some money in my fall back career of retail management.
October 2009 rolled around and I began my PhD. And then somehow two years passed. Without my being entirely sure what had just happened! I am a biological and forensic anthropologist, with research interests in trauma and conflict. My main area of study is blast injuries to the human skeleton (and quite possibly the boring title of my thesis).
And so here I am, in the final year of my PhD, about to start a serious writing up phase. Due to many unforeseen circumstances, I'm still doing analysis and will be going out to get more data during the summer. Not ideal, but these things happen. And the best part is... I've learned not to let set backs or bumps in the road slow me down. I've also learnt to love statistics. Properly love them. Love which makes me think of them night and day. Terrifying Love.
I intend to try and post regularly (diligently, I've already written out a list of potential posts). In the effort not to give too much away for now, I will keep this one brief. And promise to get into more detail about my work and things I've learned on my PhD journey...
