Recent content by FrankM

Larry, first of all—five years in with teaching and coding? You're a hero, not a failure. The dissertation monster is real and it feeds on exhaustion. I was in a similar spot last year and used PaperCoach for chapter-specific help on my lit review . I was terrified of getting scammy content...

Fraank, "having conversations with readers in the margins" is exactly why Chicago owns my whole heart. I'm a history major too, and footnotes are basically our secret weapon. Main text is the formal presentation, footnotes are where you get to be a little messy and opinionated. "Smith is wrong...

Most professors are asking it too right now. 👩‍🏫 Here's how I think about it as someone who grades papers: AI as a tool is fine. AI as a replacement is not. If you're using it to summarize dense articles so you can actually engage with the material? Smart. That's like using a calculator to...

I just got my first paper back, and ouch. The grade was okay (a B-), but the feedback stung: "This reads like a debate speech. Expository writing requires neutrality." I thought I was just being passionate about the decline of local journalism, but apparently, my passion comes off as bias. 😬...