About Graduate School Blues: Strategies for Earning a Doctorate, Finding a Professorship and Retiring Right: Advice From Advanced Degree Holders: How to Live the Dream – Not the Nightmare! by Dr. Joseph D. Di Lella:
Have you ever had the urge to complete a graduate school program, but were unsure if the journey to earn an advanced degree was the best move for you?
Graduate School Blues gives the reader and potential master’s or doctoral level student a systematic and comprehensive view of the task ahead for anyone in search of that Holy Grail at the end of the M.A. of Ph.D. program. At times, with a tongue in cheek approach, Dr. Di Lella shows readers what life is in a masters and graduate program in a typical Humanities program in the United States. Along with testimonials from over thirty M.A. and Ph.D. holders who went on to live their dreams in higher academics, Joseph brings you along in a personal way so you can determine whether the price of an advanced degree is worth the time or trouble.
If you wish to see the underbelly of a graduate program, and prepare to win at a reasonable cost, this guidebook may be your ticket to become a university professor or researcher at your favorite higher educational institution.
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Author Bio:
As a lifelong learner, teacher and writer, I have recently joined the independent writer’s circle here on Amazon/Kindle. My educational background is in the fields of sociology, bilingual education and literature. With my Ph.D. in Education, I have taught at over a dozen colleges, including Stanford University, UC San Diego, University of Oregon, USC, San Diego State and the College of the Marshall Islands. A longtime science fiction fan, I pitched stories to Star Trek: Enterprise for seasons two and three at Paramount Studios. My writing background includes screenplays, teleplays, poetry, short stories, fiction and non-fiction books. I now reside in Brazil and teach English as a Second Language as well as write, cycle and continue to muse on the mysteries of life