Graduate student biography
How to Write an Academic Bio for Conferences – PhDLife Blog.
There are very few things as challenging as writing academic biographies (perhaps academic writing?).
Graduate student biography
It seems simple, but things soon get awkward as you try to show how amazing you are without sounding arrogation or pretentious. Sophie shares her tips on writing a balanced bio&#;
It’s all going swimmingly until you read the Call for Papers: Please submit a proposal and brief bio.
What on earth is a bio (otherwise known as an ‘academic bio’)?
And just how brief does it need to be? Writing an academic bio is a skill you can pick up like any other, and this article will take you through the basics of what to include, what to leave out, and how to craft this tricky piece of your academic arsenal.
Covering the Basics
Whatever discipline you’re working in, you’ll definitely need to include the following in your academic bio:
- full name,
- position (i.e.
PhD student; PhD candidate),
- institution.
All this should go into the first sentence, so it reads something like this: