The Art of Procrastination with Jorge Cham of Ph.D. Comics

A recent survey by UC Berkeley found that 95% of all graduate students feel overwhelmed, and more than 67% have felt seriously depressed at some point in their careers. In this talk, Jorge Cham recounts his experiences bringing humor into the lives of stressed-out academics, examines the source of their anxieties, and explores the guilt, the myth, and the power of procrastination. Of Chinese Panamian descent, Jorge Cham is best known for his popular newspaper and web comic strip Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD Comics). He first started drawing PhD Comics as a graduate student at Stanford University, and has since been syndicated in several university newspapers and in three published book collections.
"Hilarious"–The Chronicle of Higher Education

"You'll laugh and wince at Jorge Cham's smart comic strip, which feels your pain, your panic, your coffee addition...and your departmental politics"–USA Today
Sponsored by the Graduate Student Organization and Center for Inclusive Education in collaboration with Wang Center Asian/Asian American Programming.