Herr Doctor Professor Bockstedt

I successfully defended my dissertation this past Monday.  So now I guess I’m officially Dr. Bockstedt.  I’m heading out to look for places to live in the DC area soon and getting excited to start my job at GMU in August.  I have to say, though, the completion of the Ph.D. was a bit anticlimactic.  I’m happy to be done and am proud of the accomplishment, but when you work towards something for several years you tend to ignore the process and focus on the endpoint.  Well, I’ve reached the endpoint and I think I will greatly miss the process of being a graduate student.  Luckily I get to start a job that is, in essence, the same – research and teaching – but in a more intense capacity and with slightly better pay!