Doctoral Writing Assessment

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Morgan Proud Doctor of Philosophy, Walden University DRWA-8880G-65 April 19, 2024
What challenges to completion do you anticipate you will encounter in your doctoral program? The article highlighted three specific types of doctoral completers, which is ironic in the sense that only one of them results in completion of a doctoral program. So, within the first few lines of this article, it is already discussing the high probability of an individual not being able to complete their doctoral program. For myself, I recognize a lot of barriers that are currently factors in my life for not completing my doctoral program. The first being personal factors, I like to call these factors Jameson, Parker, and Collins, also known as my 7-year-old, 4-year-old, and 2-year-old. It is no secret that being a parent is a full-time job and then some, so in addition to my full-time job, I am also a mother of three young children, and am diligently working towards my doctorate degree. One could say I am working three full time jobs while jumping through hoops of fire and balancing spinning plates on my head. According to Northwestern University female graduate and doctoral students with a dual commitment to parenting and academic life often find themselves facing pressures equivalent to holding down two full-time jobs (Lundquist et al., 2021). I anticipate fulfilling my role as a mother and as a doctoral student will be one of the largest and most important challenges I will face while completing my doctoral program. An additional challenge I anticipate encountering will be imposter syndrome, which I currently suffer from on occasion within my profession. I am a first-generation college graduate, graduate program graduate, and doctoral student, so I frequently feel as though I am wearing shoes that I cannot possibly fulfil or meet the standards of. Within the article it discusses how imposter syndrome can often lead to self-doubt and perfectionism burnout. As an individual I have suffered from perfectionism and OCD tendencies which in the past have led to burnout. Because
I am hyper-aware of this challenge within myself, I am hopeful that I will be able to be diligent in ensuring that while I work hard, I am not creating an unhealthy expectation of myself or my capabilities. The article mentions that times of transition, new challenges, and high-stakes assignments could cause impostor feelings to surface, even in otherwise confident, high- performing adults (Marshall et al., 2017). I anticipate the further into the program I get and the higher the expectations become the more susceptible I will become to imposter syndrome. What strategies for successful completion do you anticipate will be the most useful for you, and how will you work toward implementing these strategies to meet your goals? The article speaks on what are considered to be strategies that help doctoral students successfully complete their doctoral program which are the following; effective communication with their chairperson, being aware and identifying imposter-syndrome, having self-awareness during the dissertation phase of the doctoral program, and finally building writing and research skills throughout their coursework. Of these suggested strategies I anticipate the most helpful to me will be the self-identification of imposter syndrome because this is also one of the challenges, I anticipate encountering during my doctoral program. According to the article rather than
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