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2024 ACPA Doctoral Institute in Partnership with Heartful Editor
September 27 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
ACPA Doctoral institute
A FREE OPPORTUNITY FOR DOCTORAL STUDENTS TO LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER AND FURTHER ENGAGE RELEVANT TOPICS
VIRTUAL EVENT // Friday, September 27 // 1:00-4:00pm ET
ACPA and Heartful Editor are excited to announce the second ACPA Doctoral Institute, held virtually on Friday, September 27, from 1:00-4:00pm ET!
We invite all doctoral students in student affairs, higher education, and related disciplines to join us for this meaningful and enriching opportunity to create community, learn from and with each other, and leave inspired to leap forward in your doctoral program with new insights, clarified intentions, and a commitment to finishing strong. Join us for an afternoon of engaging content, conversation, and reflection on topics relevant to today’s doctoral students!
REGISTRATION
Registration for this event is FREE!
Additionally, Heartful Editor will offer each participant a $100 credit to use for 2 hours of academic writing, coaching and editing to support at any time during their doctoral program.
AGENDA
1:05–1:15pm
INSTITUTE WELCOME
1:15–2:00pm
DOCTORAL STUDENT SUCCESS STRATEGIES
Our opening session will feature a panel of student affairs and higher education professionals who completed their doctoral degrees successfully. Learn from these emerging scholars about how they navigated the challenges of their program and dissertation and what they have done since to make a difference in the community with their research!
2:00-2:10pm
CREATE COMMUNITY!
Join a breakout room via Zoom to connect with doctoral students who are at a similar place in their program: New Doctoral Students, Somewhere in the Middle, and Almost Done!
2:10–2:55pm
BREAKOUT SESSIONS & ACADEMIC WRITING COACHING
Learn from scholars about doctoral student success strategies for every stage of a doctoral program, including time management and tips for productivity, navigating feedback and the chair/committee relationship, and avoiding common dissertation challenges!
I: TIME MANAGEMENT AND TIPS FOR PRODUCTIVITY
Managing our time and staying productive as a doctoral student can be challenging when we must balance our work, family, and personal commitments, too! In this session, scholars will share what strategies they put in place to stay focused throughout their doctoral programs, including maintaining a focus on self-care.
II: NAVIGATING FEEDBACK AND THE CHAIR/COMMITTEE RELATIONSHIP
The dissertation process can be humbling, iterative, and, most importantly, collaborative. Creating an effective and positive relationship with your chair and committee is important to ensure your continued success as you work through the many stages of your dissertation journey. In this session, scholars will share how to approach developing your relationship with your chair and committee members and how to navigate receiving feedback.
III: AVOIDING COMMON DISSERTATION CHALLENGES
Doctoral students will inevitably face challenges during their academic journey, including letting self-doubt get in their way, comparing themselves and their progress to other students, striving for perfection over progress, or selecting a dissertation topic for the wrong reason, to name a few. In this session, participants will engage in discussion about some of the most common challenges doctoral students face and how to overcome them.
IV: ACADEMIC WRITING COACHING WITH HEARTFUL EDITOR TEAM
2:55–3:05pm
CREATE COMMUNITY!
Join a breakout room to connect with doctoral students who are at a similar place in their program: New Doctoral Students, Somewhere in the Middle, and Almost Done!
3:05–3:50pm
BREAKOUT SESSIONS & ACADEMIC WRITING COACHING
Learn from scholars about doctoral student success strategies for every stage of a doctoral program, including if and when to work with an academic writing coach and editor, strategies for sharing your dissertation research, and avoiding common dissertation challenges!
I: IF/WHEN TO WORK WITH AND ACADEMIC WRITING COACH AND EDITOR
What is the difference between academic writing coaching and editing? When should you engage an editor or coach during your writing process? In this session, members of the Heartful Editor team will clarify the roles academic writing coaches and editors can fill and when it can be most appropriate to integrate their support into your writing process.
II: SHARING YOUR DISSERTATION RESEARCH
How will you share your research, so it makes a positive difference in the community you hope to serve? In this session, doctoral students will learn about opportunities for disseminating one’s scholarship, so it reaches other scholars and practitioners who can build on your study or use your findings to inform their practice!
III: AVOIDING COMMON DISSERTATION CHALLENGES
Doctoral students will inevitably face challenges during their academic journey, including letting self-doubt get in their way, comparing themselves and their progress to other students, striving for perfection over progress, or selecting a dissertation topic for the wrong reason, to name a few. In this session, participants will engage in discussion about some of the most common challenges doctoral students face and how to overcome them.
IV: ACADEMIC WRITING COACHING WITH THE HEARTFUL EDITOR TEAM
3:50–4:00pm
WRAP-UP & REFLECTION