Doctor in Training - Life as a PhD Student

Hey everyone,  I just received an e-mail this morning notifying me that my first publication is online and ready to go. The link to the book review is here . It is a review of Jewels of the Qila by Hugh Johnston. Check it out and let me know what you think.  I would also like to thank all my family and friends for their support throughout my studies. I could not have done this without your encouragement and support!  In all honesty I am very excited to have a piece that I wrote published on an academic website. I am looking forward to publishing more in the months to come and hopefully that will include some of my own research on Ugandan Asian refugees and their children in Canada!

Hey Everyone :) Last week on Tuesday I gave my first ever guest lecture in a course offered at Western University: Women's Studies 3330G - Race, Gender, and Migration: The History of Black Women in Canada. I have to give a huge shout out to my mentor Dr. Christopher Stuart Taylor ( Linkedin , e-mail: ctaylo32@uwo.ca ) for giving me this excellent opportunity and for encouraging me to out dress him [which may or may not have happened ;)]. I also must acknowledge two colleagues who presented alongside me, Nassisse Solomon  (e-mail nsolomon@uwo.ca and Jon Malek  (e-mail jmalek7@uwo.ca ). My lucky bow tie (Thanks Aishu!) The lecture format was pretty basic. We each had about 10 minutes each to cover some ground followed by a 30 minutes Q & A. In reality we all spent a little too long talking so it turned it about 15 or so minutes each and a 15 minute Q & A but I guess that's what happens when you throw a bunch of grad students into a class room and ask them to...