Archive for: Demystifying the Doctorate

How I Learned to Be a Part of an Intellectual Community

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Elena Telles Ryan makes the case for community building as a critical part of success in graduate school.
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Comprehensive Exams and Other Rites of Passage

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In our next piece in the "Demystifying the Doctorate" series, Mercedes Haigler offers sage advice for surviving comps.

To Wring Wisdom from a Paperclip

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In the first of our "Demystifying the Doctorate" series, Cory James Young reflects on the ways that building connections can yield unintended benefits in our professional lives.

Editor’s Introduction: Demystifying the Doctorate

Laura Clerx offers an introduction to the forthcoming forum, "Demystifying the Doctorate."