Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education: Volume 8 Issue 2

Building on success? Future challenges for doctoral education globally

Lynn McAlpine

In the past 20 years, doctoral programmes have become the focus of policy initiatives. This has led to considerable changes in their structures and consequently student…

Reflections on change in doctoral education: an Australian case study

Margaret Kiley

This paper aims to reflect on the development of Australian doctoral education after the program commenced, initially at the University of Melbourne, following the end of the…

“Me-search”: Challenges and opportunities regarding subjectivity in knowledge construction

Susan K. Gardner, Jeni Hart, Jennifer Ng, Rebecca Ropers-Huilman, Kelly Ward, Lisa Wolf-Wendel

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the experiences with me-search among scholars in the field of education, defined as the conduct of research about one’s own identity or in…

Research group experiences and intent to complete

Maura Borrego, David B. Knight, Nathan Hyungsok Choe

The purpose of this study is to better understand the nature of graduate training experiences in research groups and to identify factors that may lead to increased student…

Learning from within: a longitudinal case study of an education research group

Brian A. Burt, Kathryn Lundgren, Joshua Schroetter

Professionals in higher education are expected to be informed consumers of knowledge who seek out scholarship, critical evaluators of the applicability of extant knowledge, and…

Understanding racial/ethnic meaning making: Narrative analysis of STE[A]M doctoral student experiences

Zarrina Talan Azizova, Pamela P. Felder

The purpose of this paper is to examine the racial and ethnic aspects of the doctoral socialization to provide a meaningful insight into the belief systems and decision-making…

How emotions contribute to graduate students’ psychological responses during their online application for human subject research approval

John Jongho Park, Jen L. Freeman, Diane L. Schallert, Megan M. Steinhardt

This paper aims to focus on how doctoral students’ emotional arousal influenced their cognition in a challenging online application activity, that of applying for online…

Validation of the quality in PhD processes questionnaire

Kim Jesper Herrmann, Gitte Wichmann-Hansen

Increasing interest in PhD processes calls for valid and reliable survey instruments that cover key aspects of the PhD experience. Based on recent research, existing…

Post-PhD researchers’ experiences: an emotionally rocky road

Isabelle Skakni, Lynn McAlpine

This study aims to examine how post-PhD researchers construct their identities through significant work experiences as they endeavour to develop their research independence and a…

53 Ways to Enhance Researcher Development

Dely Lazarte Elliot