May 16, 2019
9 min read
I Turned Down a #1 Ph.D. Program
Why I rejected the opportunity of a lifetime and have no regrets.
About a decade ago, I was making a major career change, from Spanish teaching into a research career in the social sciences. These two professional paths were more closely related than it seems on the surface. As a Spanish major, I’d studied abroad in Latin America, and my experiences there (some…
