The Navigating the Ph.D. workshop series helps doctoral students develop their skills and prepare for upcoming challenges they will encounter in their academic career. There are two sessions in this series, each focusing on a different element:
Session 1: Managing Time and Academic Relationships
In this 3-hour workshop, plans for time management and working with others will be the main focus. Participants will create academic timelines for their PhD work at MSU and discuss technologies and habits that can help them stay on task. Participants will also discuss how to manage the stress that often pervades the life of PhD students and share strategies for overcoming writer’s block and procrastination. Additionally, discussion about selecting and working with committees will provide a space for sharing about and learning how to communicate with faculty members about participants’ research and writing.
A Zoom link will be shared with registrants prior to the date of the workshop. *Please note that your registration is a commitment to attend.
Session 2: Writing Processes & Strategies for Academic Writing
In this 3-hour workshop, the focus will be on writing processes and practices. Every PhD program at MSU requires comprehensive exams, dissertation proposals, and dissertations. In the workshop, participants will explore and share their current writing practices and be given practical writing and revision strategies. During the latter half of the workshop, participants will develop a plan for developing and completing their dissertations.
A Zoom link will be shared with registrants prior to the date of the workshop. *Please note that your registration is a commitment to attend.
