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The Deliberate Doctorate: A Value-Based Journey to your PhD
An accessible resource for any student pursuing a PhD.
The Deliberate Doctorate is an uplifting and honest guide to using personal values to navigate the universe of possibilities encountered while pursuing a doctoral degree. It sets the decision to pursue a PhD within each student’s individual their supports, overall wellness, and long-term plans. Enriched by the author’s experiences as a PhD student, associate professor, and supervisor, this book is alive to the typically unexamined hierarchy of the academic PhD experience. It explores everything from navigating power dynamics with supervisors and committees, networking with intention and purpose, and staying true to your values in the sometimes-toxic academic workplace. This is the guide everyone with a PhD wishes they’d had!
The Deliberate Doctorate is an uplifting and honest guide to using personal values to navigate the universe of possibilities encountered while pursuing a doctoral degree. It sets the decision to pursue a PhD within each student’s individual their supports, overall wellness, and long-term plans. Enriched by the author’s experiences as a PhD student, associate professor, and supervisor, this book is alive to the typically unexamined hierarchy of the academic PhD experience. It explores everything from navigating power dynamics with supervisors and committees, networking with intention and purpose, and staying true to your values in the sometimes-toxic academic workplace. This is the guide everyone with a PhD wishes they’d had!
160 pages, Paperback
Published October 6, 2023
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October 28, 2024
A must-read for first generation PhD researchers.
„When failure is discouraged and frowned upon, and when few examples of academic risk taking are shared or modelled, then student flourishing is stunted. If we had collective support to work through self-doubt, and if there was no expectation that we, as individuals, must "fix" everything ourselves, then we'd all occupy spaces where self-doubt and learning how to be a learner (i.e., "not there yet") are accepted. We'd have a collective source for active introspection and practising self-awareness in academia. Consider talking to your supervisor or mentors about ways you can overcome feelings of self-doubt.
Consider asking your supervisory team members about times when they may have experienced self-doubt and how they coped with these they may have experienced self-doubt and how they coped with these experiences“. P88-89
„When failure is discouraged and frowned upon, and when few examples of academic risk taking are shared or modelled, then student flourishing is stunted. If we had collective support to work through self-doubt, and if there was no expectation that we, as individuals, must "fix" everything ourselves, then we'd all occupy spaces where self-doubt and learning how to be a learner (i.e., "not there yet") are accepted. We'd have a collective source for active introspection and practising self-awareness in academia. Consider talking to your supervisor or mentors about ways you can overcome feelings of self-doubt.
Consider asking your supervisory team members about times when they may have experienced self-doubt and how they coped with these they may have experienced self-doubt and how they coped with these experiences“. P88-89
July 26, 2024
The Deliberate Doctorate is a powerful, momentum-building guide on how to navigate a PhD. Leela accomplishes what books that become the cornerstone of people's lives do, express their competence, passion, and vulnerability all at once. This book provides a blend of stories and practical steps and places the PhD journey in the larger context of society. It has helped guide me through explorations of my decision to pursue a PhD and my broader career path at large, and I am confident it will do so for others.
March 15, 2024
While I am years away from considering a PhD, as a senior in my undergrad this book as laid down a solid framework to follow when I enter that phase of my life. Sharing her positive and negative experiences in pursing a PhD Dr. Viswanathan has truly allowed for a vulnerable side of academia to be told. If you're considering pursuing a PhD, or even a masters, I think this book is a great place to start.
November 13, 2024
A great resource especially for individuals deciding on or at the beginning of their Doctoral Journey! It was accessible and can be a great resource throughout your journey to refer to.
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