The Doctoral Journey in Education

While earning your doctoral degree, what, why, and/or how did you learn?

This book series discovers the ways in which doctoral graduates have been able to successfully navigate throughout the many obstacles to complete the doctoral journey. A collective narrative is based on the successful stories of doctoral graduates in the field of education from around the world. Each narrative will disseminate notable messages about the circumstances, situations, challenges, feats, etc. experienced prior to, during, and/or following the ‘Doctoral Journey.’ This book series is an essential piece of literature for graduate students wishing to learn what can occur throughout the ‘Doctoral Journey.’ The books are insightful, practical, and highly motivating as (1) a perfect entry point for individuals considering a doctoral degree, (2) a positive ‘nudge’ for doctoral students requiring a motivational boost, and (3) a unique view for those looking for personal insights into the doctoral journey so they can offer positive, constructive—not negative, destructive—support (e.g., new graduate supervisors, family members of graduate students). Further, this book series will offer a vast number of personal accounts and ideas that serves to be a comprehensive overview of what it is like to travel along the doctoral journey in the field of education.

This book series has been prompted by the 2021 edited volume The Doctoral Journey: International Educationalist Perspectives by Brent Bradford. This book includes a prize-winning chapter by the winner of the 2021 Early Career Award of the International Narrative Research Special Interest Group of the American Education Research Association. Trudy Cardinal was awarded this prize, among other publications, for chapter 11: An Autobiographical Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of One Cree/Métis Doctoral Student.

Authors are cordially invited to submit proposals by e-mail to Acquisitions Editor Athina Dimitriou or Series Editor Brent Bradford.
Welcome to the Academy
A Journey of Professional Becoming
Volume 8
978-90-04-73875-1
More than a Title
Autoethnographic Explorations of Choosing Dissertation Topics in Applied Linguistics
Volume 6
978-90-04-68667-0
The Doctoral Journey
Educationalist Perspectives
Volume 5
978-90-04-70015-4
The Doctoral Journey
Perspectives in Physical and Health Education
Volume 4
978-90-04-69797-3
First-Gen Docs
Personal, Political, and Intellectual Perspectives from the First-Generation Doctoral Experience
Volume 3
978-90-04-69047-9
Different Perspectives, Different Cultures, Different Places
The Experiences of International and Domestic Students Studying in an Australian University
Volume 2
978-90-04-68836-0
Curating the Self and Embracing the Community
Autoethnographic Evocations of U.S. Doctoral Students in the Fields of Social Sciences and Humanities
Volume 1
978-90-04-68806-3
Series Editor:
Brent Bradford, Concordia University of Edmonton, Canada

International Advisory Board:
Alison Egan, Marino Institute of Education, Ireland
Janet McConaghy, Concordia University of Edmonton, Canada
Sammy M. Mutisya, Maasai Mara University, Kenya
Colin Pennington, Tarleton State University, USA
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