by Maureen Ryan
First published 2012
Twenty-two doctoral candidates share their research journeys across arts, humanities, and education programs. Each writer reveals how they balanced academic demands with family responsibilities, workplace pressures, and health struggles. The contributors describe their transformation from students into recognized research scholars, supporting peers through candidature proposals and ethics applications toward graduation. Their individual projects employ storying methodologies including phenomenology, narrative approaches, and ethnography. Each account details specific research topics, chosen methods, and achieved outcomes within established academic frameworks. Mary Beattie and Elaine Martin, respected figures in these academic fields, provide opening and closing perspectives that frame the collection. The writers document both the challenges of doctoral study and the satisfaction of completing rigorous academic work while managing complex personal lives.
Genres: education, non-fiction, biography-memoir, academic
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, personal-growth
302 pages · Paperback · Brill