Open AccessMy Story: An Authoethnographical Account of Being a PhD Candidate
Author(s) -
Rodney Pitcher
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2014.1019
Subject(s) - sociology , pedagogy , work (physics) , epistemology , psychology , philosophy , mechanical engineering , engineering
This paper is an autoethnographical account of my PhD candidature. It shows how the work affected my development as a researcher and also as a person. As I near the end I realise that the process of doing a PhD has changed me beyond recognition. I am no longer the naive undergraduate student of the recent past. I have developed beyond that. I discuss some of the important influences on me during my candidature and how they changed me and my way of thinking about myself and my work.