Women Scholars: Navigating the Doctoral Journey

Herausgeber: Kennedy, Jelane A; Burnell, Beverly A

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Over and over, studies have concluded that the doctoral experience is a monumental challenge in higher education, particularly for women. This book, Women Scholars: Navigating the Doctoral Journey, provides an enlightening ethnographic look at women and their doctoral developmental experiences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Apple Academic Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9781771886789
• ISBN-10: 1771886781
• Artikelnr.: 54878496

Autorenporträt

Jelane A. Kennedy, EdD, is an Associate Professor in the Student Development and Higher Education Program, Counselor Education and Family Therapy at Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT. She was previously Professor in the Counseling and College Student Services Department at The College of Saint Rose, Albany, New York. She teaches graduate students in the both Counseling and College Student Services. At The College of Saint Rose, she had been the Program Coordinator of College Student Services for 20+ years. Some of her areas of professional focus have been career development, cultural competency, and ethical practices. She has worked with numerous students completing their theses and has coached doctoral students from other colleges as they have worked to complete their programs. She has also mentored master's level students entering doctoral programs. Dr. Kennedy began her career working in student affairs primarily in the area of career services. Beverly A. Burnell, PhD, Professor Ementa at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Plattsburgh, and also served as the Employee Assistance Program Coordinator for the campus. She taught graduate students in the department's nationally accredited Clinical Mental Health Counseling program and the program in Student Affairs and Higher Education. Some of her areas of professional focus have been career development, counselor professional roles and identity, ethical practice, cultural competence, and transition processes for students with disabilities. Dr. Burnell has been an active contributor to the design of nationally accredited graduate programs in Teacher Education and Counselor Education and has coordinated the accreditation process for the Counselor Education Department. Dr. Burnell began her education career as a secondary mathematics teacher and has been a college career counselor, academic advisor, and personal counselor.

Inhaltsangabe

From the Concrete Walls of Spanish Harlem to the Mosaic Tiles of Academia.
Do I Really Want or Need a Doctorate, and How Do I Choose the Right Program
for Me?. You Can't Do That!. "Good Moms Don't Go to Doctoral Programs".
First Steps. Making the PhD Happen, Stage 1: Preadmission to Enrollment.
The Overnight Psychologist. Not All Who Wander Are Lost. The Ticket to the
Dance. The Importance of a Successful Peer Support Group. The Language of
the Academy: An English Language Learner in a Doctoral Program. The
Doctoral Experience: One Single Woman's Response to the (Mis)perceptions of
Academic Peers and Family. My First Year: Is Work-Life Balance Achievable?.
Ahead of the Curve. "You Can't Make a Silk Purse Out of a Sow's Ear," My
Mother Said. Widening the Circle. "My Keepers": The Power of Mentorship
During the First Year Doctoral Experience. Making the PhD Happen, Stage II:
First Year of Program. This Was Not the Original Plan. Who Would Have
Thought?. Against All Odds: Persevering While Pursuing the PhD. Mentoring:
A Real Relationship. "Lift As We Climb": Community in Doctoral Education.
And This Too Shall Pass. From ABD to EdD/PhD. Making the PhD Happen: Part
3. The Big Push. Advancing Through Candidacy: Selecting a Dissertation
Topic, Chair, and Committee. When Motherhood and PhD Collide: The Power of
Positive Messages. Promise and Potential: How I Lost and Found My Scholarly
Counseling Self. A Greater Purpose. Monsters. The Importance of Social
Capital and Internal Determination. Mrs., Mommy, Doctor: The Dissertation
Phase. Making the PhD Happen: Part 4. Talking Me Off the Ledge. A Place for
Me. My Albatross: Completing the Dissertation at Last. A Story of Thriving
and Arriving: My Online PhD Journey. The Doctoral Study: The Intertwined
Professional Transition and Personal Transformation. Dear Miles: Letters
from a Grateful PhD Student. Why Perseverance Was Crucial. "Finish Wisely".
And for You. Finding My Scholarly Voice. Finding Your Cape: Discovering the
Educator Inside.