I've officially completed the first year of my PhD program at UC Berkeley. I made it! After two years of anticipation, one year of being...

The coronavirus panic has infiltrated the Bay Area. UC Berkeley will be conducting all classes virtually until the end of the semester,...

On Wednesday at 2 pm, I pushed send on my final paper of the semester. It was the first semester of my first year of my PhD at UC...

I am tired. It's been weeks of reading books, writing articles, taking care of the baby, and cooking dinner for the family and I am...

It has been an otherworldly week for us! Grandma ("Harmi" is our Korean nickname for her) came to visit us from the East Coast. We ate...

Going back to school as a mom is a monumental change of pace. I didn’t expect it to be so jarring. The first week was hard, both...

I made a bold choice for my first day as a PhD student at UC Berkeley: I brought my baby to orientation. I wanted to communicate that my...

Welcome to the Mom, PhD blog! I'm the mom to a sweet 13-month-old boy. My techie husband, son, and I live in the vibrant Berkeley, CA.