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Experiences and viewpoints of PhD students completing their dissertations during crises
Author(s) -
Znamenak Kyle,
Lieberth Mitch,
Murphy Jennifer L.,
Sheaffer Auburn
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
new directions for adult and continuing education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0717
pISSN - 1052-2891
DOI - 10.1002/ace.20450
Subject(s) - unrest , viewpoints , pandemic , covid-19 , psychology , period (music) , graduate students , pedagogy , sociology , medical education , political science , law , medicine , art , physics , disease , pathology , politics , acoustics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , visual arts
This article narrates the experiences of four former PhD students who completed the transition from graduate student to graduates with PhDs during unprecedented external events: The COVID‐19 pandemic and a period of civil unrest in response to the 2020 police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. The authors reflect on some commonalities in how they were able to adjust and persevere to completion.