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Post-PhD Career Trajectories

Intentions, Decision-Making and Life Aspirations

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Lynn McAlpine

    1. Professor Emerita at McGill University, Professor of Higher Education Development at the University of Oxford, UK and, Montreal, Canada

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  2. Cheryl Amundsen

    1. Simon Fraser University Fac. Education, Burnaby, Canada

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  • Follows nearly 50 individuals as they explore employment options after finishing their PhDs
  • Uses real-life stories to examine the difficulties and rewards in pursuing a career in academia
  • Provides invaluable resources to help the reader reflect upon their own career trajectory

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Overview of Book

      • Lynn McAlpine, Cheryl Amundsen
      Pages 3-6

    3. Understanding the Global Context

      • Lynn McAlpine, Cheryl Amundsen
      Pages 7-16

    4. Identity-Trajectory and Career Development

      • Lynn McAlpine, Cheryl Amundsen
      Pages 17-26

  3. Intention and Careers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Achieved the Vision (Non-research-Teaching)

      • Lynn McAlpine, Cheryl Amundsen
      Pages 29-38

    3. Achieved Research-Teaching (Researcher Route)

      • Lynn McAlpine, Cheryl Amundsen
      Pages 39-49

    4. Achieved Research-Teaching (Non-research Routes)

      • Lynn McAlpine, Cheryl Amundsen
      Pages 51-58

    5. Maintained the Vision But Not Yet Achieved

      • Lynn McAlpine, Cheryl Amundsen
      Pages 59-71

    6. Changing Career Intentions Away from Academia

      • Lynn McAlpine, Cheryl Amundsen
      Pages 73-84

    7. Still Looking Forward

      • Lynn McAlpine, Cheryl Amundsen
      Pages 85-92

  4. Conclusions and Resources

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. Agency and Resilience

      • Lynn McAlpine, Cheryl Amundsen
      Pages 95-102

    3. Resources

      • Lynn McAlpine, Cheryl Amundsen
      Pages 103-120

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 121-124
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About this book

This book argues that post-PhD career planning should ideally begin at the same time as the PhD itself. Drawing from ten years of research and stories of close to 50 individuals, each chapter focuses on the stories of individuals who share common career intentions and how they negotiate these both before, during and after their studies. Each career trajectory is different as individuals planned and made decisions in the face of both expected and unexpected work, personal experiences and responsibilities. The book concludes with resources to help those who are currently planning or reflecting on their own career trajectories. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Professor Emerita at McGill University, Professor of Higher Education Development at the University of Oxford, UK and, Montreal, Canada

    Lynn McAlpine

  • Simon Fraser University Fac. Education, Burnaby, Canada

    Cheryl Amundsen

About the authors

Lynn McAlpine is Professor of Higher Education Development at the University of Oxford, UK and Professor Emerita at McGill University, Canada. She has received distinguished research awards for her research in which a constant thread has been both how individuals in professional and academic roles engage in and learn from the work they are doing and also how to better support that learning. 


Cheryl Amundsen is Professor and Director of the Institute for the Study of Teaching and Learning in the Disciplines at Simon Fraser University, Canada. She has focused her research on the investigation of how academics think about teaching, including supervision, in relationship to their disciplinary knowledge. Amundsen currently directs a program that supports academics from across disciplines to design and carry out research about teaching and student learning.
  

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