ConnectEd hosted two roundtables in which doctoral scholars from leading universities spoke candidly about life as a PhD student. Doctoral scholars from leading universities on research, doctoral life, and the job search.
Speakers shared what they had learned from research, how they approached the job search, and what they wished they had known before starting a doctorate. Each session drew between 100 and 200 attendees.
| Format | Online roundtables |
|---|---|
| Sessions | Business; Humanities |
| Speakers | Doctoral scholars from UC Irvine, Columbia, Princeton, and Stanford |
| Attendance | 100–200 per session |
| Session | Speakers |
|---|---|
| Business | Two PhD candidates at UC Irvine, sharing lessons from research and the academic job search. |
| Humanities | Doctoral scholars from Columbia University, Princeton University, and Stanford University, sharing their experiences of doctoral study and the job search in the humanities. |
Speakers weighed the realities of doctoral study honestly, covering both what makes it hard and what makes it worthwhile.