Graduate: Navigating the PhD

Upon entering graduate school one has to consider coursework, research, lab rotations, funding, finding an advisor, and usually making new connection in a new school. Below are a couple documents that will be useful to have in mind to prepare you for the many decisions ahead.

Surviving and Thriving in graduate school pdf

First Generation PhD How to discuss your decision to go to graduate school with your family. pdf

National Science Foundation Fellowship Program The benefits of being a NSF research fellow. pdf

First 18 months: The following documents were part of a lecture given by Dr. Samuel E. Jones at the Compact for Faculty Diversity annual meeting at Arlington, VA. Dr. Jones has also written a book _____ from which his lecture is outlined.

The following documents are of great use to the beginning graduate student. The documents outline how to plan the first 18 months in the doctoral program: picking an advisor, courses, dissertation project, funding etc.

First year doctoral program - plan pdf

Second year doctoral program - plan pdf

Getting the most from your advisor pdf

How to Choose an Advisor pdf

Common Mistakes Graduate students make pdf

Advisor Characteristics of Tenure and Non-Tenured Professors pdf

Useful sites:

Online support while writing your dissertation.