BOOK LAUNCH - Doing doctoral research at a distance

We are excited to launch our book Doing Doctoral Research at a Distance: Flourishing In Off-Campus, Hybrid, and Remote Pathways! 🎉✨💃

Come along to celebrate with us, find out through our conversation with Professor Inger "Thesis Whisperer" Mewburn why such a book is crucial these days, and hear from those with lived experience of being distance doctoral researchers.

• Zoom link for the launch
  (here it is in full if you have trouble with the link: https://latrobe.zoom.us/j/86076712056?pwd=eTVNc1hhODB0ZGRCQytBUTl5WjRUQT09 )

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Speakers:

Dr Katrina McChesney (author; @krmcchesney) is a Senior Lecturer in initial teacher education at the University of Waikato in New Zealand.

Dr Tseen Khoo (author; LinkedIn) is a Senior Lecturer in the Research Education and Development team, La Trobe University, Australia. Tseen's about to move to Deakin University's new Researcher Development Academy.

Professor Inger Mewburn (guest speaker / launcher) is the Director of Researcher Development at ANU (The Australian National University) where she oversees professional development workshops and programs all ANU researchers. Inger is the renowned creator of the Thesis Whisperer blog.

Pat Thomson (guest speaker) is a Professor of Education in the School of Education, The University of Nottingham, UK. Pat is a co-editor for the 'Insider Guides to Success in Academia' series.

We'll be joined by three wonderful doctoral researchers who will be sharing their experiences with us:

• Jane Bushby - PhD student in the School of Law and Management at Curtin University, Perth.
• Dom Violi - Cross-disciplinary PhD student at Western Sydney University. 
• Bec Harrop - PhD student in the School of Education at Victoria University of Wellington (NZ)

Jonathan O'Donnell (Deakin University / Research Whisperer) will be our MC with the mostest for the event!

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BOOK INFO:

Emerging from personal experience and empirical research, Doing Doctoral Research at a Distance is a key companion text for doctoral students from a range of research fields and geographical contexts who are undertaking off-campus, hybrid, and remote pathways.

Offering guidance about the entire off-campus doctoral journey, the book introduces contexts of distance study; key information to get off to a flying start; organising time, space and plans to get work done; juggling employment, family and other commitments alongside distance study; doctoral identity and wellbeing; working with doctoral supervisors at a distance; accessing research culture at a distance; and managing the bumps along the road of the distance doctorate. Written for doctoral researchers, this book offers strategies to help those working at a distance to flourish.

This book is ideally suited for those contemplating distance study, distance doctoral students who are starting their off-campus journey, and supervisors and others who are working with distance doctoral researchers.

BOOK AUTHORS:

Katrina McChesney is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Waikato in New Zealand.

James Burford is an Associate Professor of Global Education and International Development in the Department of Education Studies at the University of Warwick, UK.

Liezel Frick is a Professor of Education in the Department of Curriculum Studies and vice-dean for research and postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Tseen Khoo is Co-Founder of The Research Whisperer and a Senior Lecturer in Research Education and Development at La Trobe University, Australia.

We're grateful to La Trobe's RED team for supporting the event.