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Job Marketing Webinar Series offered by Society for Social Work and Research
Liz Aparicio of the SSWR Research Capacity Development Committee (RCDC) is coordinating the Job Market Webinar Series, in collaboration with GADE President Mo Yee Lee, SSWR Board Member Jenn Bellamy, Laura Abrams, and Liz Lightfoot . The Job Market Webinar Series aims to support early career social work researchers as they consider how to apply […]
Surviving a doctoral program: 10 Tips
Dr. Danielle Swick and her colleague Dr. Joelle Powers wrote the following article offering practical tips on how to survive a doctoral program. Dr. Swick adds: Completing a doctoral program can be a strenuous and difficult process. While there are numerous benefits gained from a doctoral program, there are also roadblocks that students may encounter […]
Dissertation Data: Primary or Secondary?
Dissertation Data: Primary or Secondary? by Dr. Mathieu Despard Most PhD students use data for their dissertation, so whether to use primary or secondary data is a very important decision. Primary data is data you collect, such as through surveys, scales, or interviews. Secondary data is data that has already been collected by other researchers […]
Funding Opportunities
Funding Opportunities – Mathieu Despard
Pursuing a PhD in Social Work: make it count
Written by Dr. Mathieu Despard I have only one hope for anyone pursuing a PhD in Social Work: make it count. The number of people in the U.S. who have a doctoral degree has doubled since 2000, yet this represents less than 2% of the adult population. The reason is simple: getting a PhD is […]