As it’s been this entire academic year, I’ve been pretty quiet on the blog. I’ve been finishing up interviews, analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, and writing (and re-writing) my final chapters to my dissertation. It’s my pleasure to announce that on March 11th, 2026, I passed my final defense. I won’t lie, I was pretty … More Introducing: Dr. Samantha Didrichsen, PhD
On November 10th, 2025, I took my first flight in several years solo from Buffalo to Kansas City, MO. It wasn’t a direct flight, no; I had to make a connecting flight from Denver. But eventually I made it to Kansas City. As I said in previously blog posts (1, 2), I was preparing to … More My Thoughts on TED (CEC) 2025!
Hello readers! It’s been a while since I last updated the blog, but I’ve been making minor changes to the research website here and there. Life has been particularly busy as I’ve started up my candidacy year at U.B! First, I finished up on data collection for my dissertation in September! While I haven’t actively … More Where Have You Been? Everywhere!
Hello everyone! It’s been a little bit since I wrote an actual post beyond me announcing my dissertation proposal defense. To anyone that’s reading this and knows me in my personal life, you know how incredibly busy these last five months have been. Writing the equivalent to half a novel in such a short amount … More End of Spring ’25 (and I passed my defense!)
Samantha Didrichsen, PhD. 