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Learning the Craft and Finding Your PlaceIn Letters to a Young Researcher, Alvitta Ottley writes a series of letters exploring the questions, feelings, and experiences that arise while learning how to do research. As Ottley writes, “This book lives somewhere between practical advice and emotional recognition.” Its three sections focus on learning to be new, …
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Making the Best Decision at Each StepLocal Optimization is a short and thoughtful reflection on Alvitta Ottley’s path into academia. She presents the book as a personal reflection on the many decision points in her life, describing her approach as “local optimization.” Rather than beginning with a five-year plan, she made the best decision she could at …
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