It is time to review the schedule for the placement of your session in the AAACE Agenda. This is the final draft of the Schedule. When you look up your name, use the detail listing to check what days/times you asked to be placed. This is a huge program and we can accommodate necessary changes in day and time now, but may not be able to do so after September 1, 2013 except in emergencies. Please carefully check your placement and send any requests to Ginger Phillips, AAACE Conference Planner with AAACE Session Change Request in the subject line. We will respond to your email, but it may take us up to a week to do so. Thanks for your help in "fine tuning" this agenda!
Self-Organizing Systems: Reflections from a Nontraditional Doctoral Cohort
Type of Presentation
Roundtable Discussion (45 minutes)
Session Abstract
Personal reflections from career professionals who self-organized as a doctoral cohort. Narratives highlight significant learning experiences, adult development considerations, and the adaptive nature of doctoral students.
Target Audience
Professors, administrators, doctoral candidates, and general students interested in the organization and reflections of a self-formed doctoral cohort. Information from this session may help administrators or professors develop strategies and programmatic efforts for improving the doctoral cohort experience. Additionally, reflections shared will provide insight for improving methods for future or new doctoral students.
Learning Outcomes
An overarching outcome of this informative session will be to promote awareness of how doctoral cohorts self-organize and operate from a nontraditional viewpoint. Current methods of the cohort experience are well documented; however, life/work/family circumstance and the individualized experience in a doctoral program may prevent the continuation of the cohort experience for some students. Attendees of this session will be able to self-reflect on shared experiences and be better prepared to assist doctoral students facing similar challenges.
Session Description
The doctoral experience is an individual and personalized endeavor. While there is much research available on the importance, strengths, and weaknesses of doctoral cohorts, life circumstance and individual experiences can limit the extent of how and if a doctoral cohort gels. Presenters will discuss personal experiences and techniques for improving the doctoral experience. Consequently, highlights of personal narratives shared in this session will focus on the importance of living an individualized experience early on and then forming into a shared cohort experience at a later date.
Efforts are made to try to schedule sessions on the day preferred by the Primary Presenter, though this cannot be guaranteed. Please check your preference.
Thursday November 7
Primary Presenter
Davin Knolton, Kansas State University
Work Title
PhD Student
Additional Presenters: Enters In Order.
Kevin Mokhtarian, Kansas State Univeristy
Work Title
PhD Student
Ashley Gleiman, Kansas State University
Work Title
PhD Student