Advancing Your Career (eBook)

Michael D. Brubaker is assistant professor and academic coordinator of the Substance Abuse Counseling Program in the School of Human Services in the College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services at the University of Cincinnati. Dale L. Brubaker is emeritus professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

Part 1 Stage I: Preparing the WayChapter 2 1.Following Your Dream: An Assessment of Self and Your ResourcesChapter 3 2.Applying to a Doctoral ProgramPart 4 Stage II: How to Thrive in Your Doctoral ProgramChapter 5 3.Composing Inner Curriculum and Influencing Outer Curriculum in Doctoral StudyChapter 6 4. Graduate Assistantships, Internships, and FellowshipsChapter 7 5. Comprehensive ExaminationsChapter 8 6. Dissertation Research and WritingPart 9 Stage III: Graduation and Beyond: The Difference You Can Make Now That You Have a DoctorateChapter 10 7.Reaching a Wider AudiencePart 11 AppendixesChapter 12 Appendix ABringing Coherence to the Body of Work You've Done in Preparation for Doctoral StudyChapter 13 Appendix BSelecting a Doctoral ProgramChapter 14 Appendix CThe Power of CritiqueChapter 15 Appendix DThe "Table Manners" of Doctoral Student LeadershipChapter 16 Appendix EDealing with Contradictions in a Doctoral ProgramChapter 17 Appendix FWorking Alone and Working As a Team MemberChapter 18 Appendix GA Personal Leadership Conservation and Change InventoryChapter 19 Appendix HIdentifying the Traits of Outstanding Leaders Encountered During My Doctoral ProgramChapter 20 Appendix IHow Good and Comfortable Are You As a Speaker and Listener?Chapter 21 Appendix JA Conversation with Seymour B. Sarason About the Creation and Dynamics of the Dissertation CommitteeChapter 22 Appendix KThe Dissertation Writer's Tool BoxChapter 23 Appendix LExample of a Traditional Table of Contents for a DissertationChapter 24 Appendix MGiving Your Dissertation a Title and Subtitle in Relation to the Definitions Section of the DissertationChapter 25 Appendix NTrouble Shooting the DissertationChapter 26 Appendix OThe Case for Reflective Action in Dissertation WritingChapter 27 Appendix PNote Taking as an Important Part of the Research and Writing ProcessChapter 28 Appendix QChecklist for Shaping and/or Refining Your Dissertation