Cohort 6 Mestract - Susan A. MacDonald website

St. John’
John’s University
Mestract Cohort
May 2007
By Susan MacDonald
St. John’
John’s University
Oakdale Campus
Some rules are made
to be broken...
Say Goodbye to daylight
Once a month for
three years,
25 people met
together for the
entire weekend to
achieve their dream.
The biggest
problem with the
problem
statement is...
The Problem
Statement
Important Data
for St. John’
John’s
University
Weight gain after 3 years of Doctoral Work
Pounds
60
50
40
30
51pounds
pounds
53
20
10
pounds
88pounds
0
Doctoral Students
Sane People
Methodology?
Qualitative
Or
Quantitative
Doctoral Stressors
77.4
Anxiety
Anxiety
FamilyDysfunction
disfunction
Family
Percent increase
60.8
Sleep
Deprivation
Sleep Deprivation
86.7
94.5
Financial
Stress
Family Stress
0
20
40
60
80
100
Use QuanQuan-lili-tative
Who’
Who’s Who in
Mestract Doctoral
Cohort 6
Billy
Dan
Suzanne
Go Thearl
The Doctoral Pose
Peggy
MBF Brigid
Sal & Kelly
Thearl
Fake
smile
Regina trying to get
answers from Kelly
Nice Try Regina ☺
Elaine
Kelly
(Nice Ring!)
Kelly’
Kelly’s Car
Regina & Susan
Stephanie
Kathy
Tom
Tara
Jack
Jack’
Jack’s Car
Sal
Jen
Camille
Just some light reading for tomorrow’
tomorrow’s class
Marge
Whittney
George
Lynn
Tyrone
Valedictorian
Never surrender...
Good luck writing your
dissertation.
It’
It’s truly been a wonderful
experience working with
all of you.
Susan MacDonald