Good news/weird news
Good news: Just got a call from a large Midwestern university telling me that I’m one of eight finalists for their dissertation year fellowship.
Weird news: The finalists for said fellowship are brought out to said university to meet the department, colleagues, and to give a (sorta) job talk. Scary! This means I actually have to whip my own arse into gear and get this dissertation chapter done so as not to embarrass myself.
I’m enough of a realist to expect a lot of disappointment in the coming weeks as I begin to hear back from all the fellowships I applied to, but I’m glad the first thing I’m hearing back is positive.
