Picturing a Ph.D.
Steven L. Taylor
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Saturday, February 1, 2014
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Not bad: The Illustrated Guide To A Ph.D.
(Although I am not entirely sure it is to scale).
About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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He probably shaved middle school off for brevity’s sake. Or maybe his middle school years are a haze of humiliation best left unremembered.
Looks like an illustration of human sexuality.
I always heard that Ph.D means Piled high + Deep.