More Than Just a Dissertation: A Marathon of Drafts, Data, and Determination

A few weeks ago, I reached a milestone in my PhD journey—I finalized my first article and sent it off to an academic journal. But in the world of academia, “finalized” doesn’t mean “published”. Odds are, I’ll be revisiting this paper again, responding to reviewer comments, making revisions, and refining the arguments. Still, hitting this…