In this article, I present how I navigated unexpected apprehension that I faced while communicating with teacher participants during my PhD data collection (via interviews, observations and document study). I mediated the apprehension by strategies such as disclosing my teacher identity, expressing an interest in their practice and assuring them…

Purpose: This paper aims to explore doctoral candidates' ethical work in writing the acknowledgements section of their theses. With interest in the formation of academic identities/subjectivities, the authors explore acknowledgements writing as always potentially a form of parrhesia or risky truth-telling, through which the candidate places…

The spatial mobility of students and academics as part of the internationalisation of higher education is becoming increasingly relevant in securing top-tier positions, especially within academia. While the number of doctoral candidates is rising, new positions are not created at the same rate, leading to scarcer career opportunities in academia…

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate doctoral examiners' narratives on their expectations of the candidate's oral performance in the PhD viva. Both the PhD examiners and handbooks that offer advice on the PhD viva preparation appear to share the same expectation of the candidate's oral performance in the viva. That is, candidates must answer…

Not unlike the sport industry, the majority of sport management students in the United States are White, middle-class males. As women in male-dominated academic departments experience gender harassment more frequently than women in balanced or female-dominated departments, the purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of sport…

Drawing on a five-ethical principles framework, this study examines how the thirteen recruited doctoral students across disciplines in Hong Kong interpret the idea of and experience "exploitative supervision". Findings reveal that doctoral students' lived experiences of exploitation are expressed in five different themes: autonomy…

The supervisory relationship is widely understood as central to the experience, success and wellbeing of PhD students. However, complex issues and struggles are frequently reported as associated with it. Although an extensive literature recommends useful, practical changes to improve supervisory relationships, current approaches generally focus on…

Supervision of doctoral students is challenging because it is a complex process in which the relationship between doctoral students and supervisors is formed. A good supervision program involves a relationship that depends on certain circumstances, frameworks, prior experiences of supervisors, personalities of supervisors and doctoral students,…

This study sought to understand how doctoral students in mathematics education learn to become equity-oriented mathematics teacher educations (EOMTEs) by analyzing the experiences of current doctoral students in mathematics education at three universities across the US. I focus on doctoral students learning in mathematics education because…

The ethnic and racial representation disparity gap among college presidents in the United States is 83% White and 17% ethnically/racially diverse (Gagliardi et al., 2017). In this qualitative study, I explored the career pipeline experiences of a cohort of 10 ethnically and racially diverse college presidents in the United States. Critical race…

The purpose of my study was to understand the perceptions of first-generation female doctoral students (FGFDS) and what factors may impact first-generation female doctoral students' completion of their doctoral program. As the researcher, I collected data through: (a) interviews; (b) participant generated photographs; (c) the group meeting; and…

This study used qualitative methods and a strength-based approach to analyze the experiences of International STEM Ph.D. students (ISDS) enrolled at a large public research university in the eastern United States, regarding their perspectives on how the institution engages them as catalysts of internationalization, and how such engagement impacts…

This study examines the experiences of African American doctoral students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States. Data were obtained from ten HBCUs that are doctorate degree-granting institutions. Program satisfaction, coursework, faculty-student relationship, and research satisfaction were designated as…

The purpose of my study was to explore how first-year psychology doctoral students created and implemented value-congruent self-care practices to manage professional and personal demands. This study arose from my current experiences as a counseling psychology doctoral student and has evolved through the conversations I have had with peers and…

Background: Degree completion rates for doctoral engineering students remain stagnant at levels lower than necessary to meet national and global workforce needs. Increasing degree completion can improve opportunities for individuals and provide the human resources needed to address engineering challenges. Purpose/Hypothesis: In this work, we…