The Scholar's Desk
What a Week at Harvard Taught Me
A week in a room full of people more accomplished than me was less intimidating and more useful than I expected. What I brought home.
2 June 2026 · 1 min
Academic life
The Scholar's Desk
The classroom half of my life. Research routines, writing discipline, teaching notes and the long, unglamorous middle of a doctorate that nobody photographs.
The Scholar's Desk
Teaching Finance to Students Who Fear Numbers
Most students who struggle with finance are not bad at mathematics. They are frightened of being seen being wrong. That changes how I teach.
26 May 2026 · 1 min
The Scholar's Desk
How I Write When I Have No Time
Academic writing rarely fails for lack of ideas. It fails for lack of a system that survives a bad week. Here is mine.
19 May 2026 · 1 min
The Scholar's Desk
Finishing a PhD in Finance While Competing
A doctorate is a long, unglamorous act of endurance. Doing one alongside a pageant year taught me things about attention that no methodology chapter did.
12 May 2026 · 1 min