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"BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires" (biturbo228)
05/12/2014 at 16:12 • Filed to: Science Yo

My university dissertation which was published in a psychological journal a year or so ago was displayed at the British Psychological Society conference a couple of days back, and it's been picked up by some newspapers over here :) neat!

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DISCUSSION (11)

crowmolly > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
05/12/2014 at 16:15

Do you study psychophysiology?

ttyymmnn > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
05/12/2014 at 16:18

Congrats! I can pretty well guarantee that my doctoral dissertation was read by nobody beyond my committee, and even then, not by all of them.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > ttyymmnn
05/12/2014 at 16:20

What was yours on?

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > ttyymmnn
05/12/2014 at 16:20

What are you a doctor of?

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > crowmolly
05/12/2014 at 16:21

I actually did a joint degree, psychology and sociology, but majored in psychology where most of my interest is :)

It was great fun :)

ttyymmnn > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
05/12/2014 at 16:22

I hold a DMA, which is Doctor of Musical Arts. It's a performing degree rather than an academic degree (which would be a PhD). Pretty much required these days if you hope to get a college teaching job, which I have not got.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > ttyymmnn
05/12/2014 at 16:26

I taught at a community college for a while. Glad we didn't need that back then.

ttyymmnn > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
05/12/2014 at 16:32

CC would be a little different. I had an interview at Morehead State a few years ago, and I asked one of the committee members how important the DMA is. He said that when they get all the resumes, they put all the people with DMAs in one pile, and all those without in a second pile. They start with the first pile, and may never get to the second pile. So the terminal degree (wonderful name, isn't it?) gets you in the first pile.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > ttyymmnn
05/12/2014 at 16:51

Yeah. CC is just it's own little world. I never really had the desire to teach at the university level though. Nice perks once you get tenure, but otherwise, the internal politics of it all was just too much bother.

ttyymmnn > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
05/12/2014 at 17:01

Exactly. The level of one-upmanship in academia is ridiculous. I would not have enjoyed it. I'm much happier just playing.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > ttyymmnn
05/12/2014 at 17:19

I went corporate.