Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education: Volume 12 Issue 3

Role strain: a duo-ethnography of fathers in online doctoral education in the United States

John P. McAvoy Jr, Russell Thacker

Within the USA, current trends in higher education show more women than men achieving graduate degrees. Among the potential reasons for this disparity is that fathers are…

“I felt like I was not just a student:” examining graduate student learning at academic and professional conferences

Anne Campbell, David Wick, Amy Marcus, JoAnn Doll, Aleena Yunuba Hammack

The purpose of this study is to explore what new knowledge is gained at academic and professional conferences by describing how this knowledge complements or contradicts…

Leaving academia: why do doctoral graduates take up non-academic jobs and to what extent are they prepared?

Shuhua Chen

An increasing number of doctoral graduates are seeking non-academic employment. While statistics have revealed multiple aspects regarding the non-academic employment they hold…

Professional learning and development framework for postdoctoral scholars

Lorelli Nowell, Swati Dhingra, Natasha Kenny, Michele Jacobsen, Penny Pexman

Many postdoctoral scholars are seeking professional learning and development (PLD) opportunities to prepare for diverse careers, roles and responsibilities. This paper aims to…

Doctoral writing: learning to write and give feedback across cultures

Susan Carter, Qiyu Sun, Farrah Jabeen

This study aims to broaches several endemic challenges for academics who support doctoral writing: writers are emotionally protective of their own writing; writing a thesis in…

Postdoctoral research training and the attainment of faculty careers in social science and STEM fields in the United States

Yanbing Wang, Joyce B. Main

While postdoctoral research (postdoc) training is a common step toward academic careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, the role of postdoc…