Too Tired to Think: Juggling Full-time Professional Employment with PhD Studies

Session Submission Type: Panel Discussion

Abstract

The neoliberal turn in higher education has seriously crumbled funding and resources to specific types of education PhD programs. In addition, the proliferation of online graduate programs and professional doctorate programs encourages practitioners to explore options outside the “traditional” PhD model. It would seem that the structure of a standard full-time PhD program is not conducive to full-time employment. Yet, there are students who do both. For reasons as varying as financial obligations, a love of learning, or a commitment to praxis, full-time education professionals juggle work obligations with academic pursuit. This panel explores the lives of full time PhD students who have full-time jobs in education.

Sub Track

• Higher Education

Discussant

• Allison Anders, University of South Carolina

Individual Presentations

• Too Tired to Think: Juggling Full Time Employment and PhD studies - S. Gavin Weiser, University of South Carolina; Salandra Bowman, University of South Carolina; Bryanna Nelson, University of South Carolina; Timothy Monreal, University of South Carolina; Dory Hoffman, University of South Carolina