Managing big changes in your PhD with confidence with Kay Danes
About this episode
Kay Danes discusses her transformative experience in reshaping her PhD research and offers insights for other candidates facing similar challenges.
Kay Danes is an award-winning author, human rights advocate and humanitarian. In this episode Kay shares the transformative experience of reshaping her PhD research and provides insights for other PhD candidates facing similar obstacles. Kay posits the importance of recognising challenges as part of the academic process. She reflects on her own major shift of both subject and department within her doctoral study. Kay also offers a useful perspective on how to approach feedback and stay focused on your research goals. You can find out more about Kay here: https://www.kaydanes.com/ You can read the transcript of this episode here: thephdliferaft.com If you would like a useful weekly email to support you on your PhD journey you can sign up for 'Notes from the Life Raft' here: https://mailchi.mp/f2dce91955c6/notes-from-the-life-raft
People in this episode
Host: Emma Brodzinski
Guest: Kay Danes
Topics covered
- PhD challenges
- academic process
- research feedback
- personal transformation
- human rights advocacy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: thephdliferaft.com, Notes from the Life Raft, https://www.kaydanes.com/
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