I wanted it. So bad. For so long. I was so close. I was past the coursework, comprehensive examinations, proposal defense, and data collection. I was knee deep into my analysis, bu[...]

“Be patient. It will all work out, and trust the process.” We all have heard it before in the field of Student Affairs, probably more than once. I have not written a post in some t[...]

Hey everyone! As each month continues to pass by I feel myself growing more positive and confident in myself as a young professional. At the same time, I remember how confusion, fe[...]

Leaving a doctoral program has significant impacts on a variety of people.  Someone leaving a program is certainly affected, as well as their friends and family. Being in doctoral [...]

One of the most humbling moments in the course of my career was the instant I realized a doctorate is not “the end” per se, but only the beginning. The days of completing the disse[...]

Way in advance of hashtags and likes, well before the onset of memes and Snapchat, and at least a few years before the creation of Facebook, my #SADoc story started as a college so[...]

I hear many times from other #SAPros that they have been stuck in a holding pattern after completing their Master’s degree and hesitant to make the leap into the quest for the Ph.D[...]

Remember when you were in high school and undergraduate school when you were in your last semester of your senior year? There was this disease called Senioritis that everyone had a[...]

We are often bombarded with solicited and unsolicited advice from colleagues, peers and mentors as to whether a terminal degree should be part of our future plans. Unfortunately, a[...]

I had grandiose, almost artistic, ideas of life as a PhD student. I pictured myself with messy hair and my glasses sliding down my nose–holed up in coffee shops for hours at [...]