Lisa Adams Wolf is Associate Professor, Elaine Marieb College of Nursing at UMass Amherst, and Director, Emergency Nursing Research at the Emergency Nurses Association. She has 20 years’ experience in education and research, and almost 30 years as a clinician. She notes that research is by its nature a disruptive process that challenges social assumptions, and would ask that you formulate research questions appropriately.

The Trials of the “Trailing Spouse”

Relocating for a PhD and academic career is often not only required of the candidate but their partners and/or children, too. How do we acknowledge and amplify the experiences of “the trailing spouse and families” while also creating systemic change that would make academic career moves more feasible and fulfilling for all involved?

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Will distance-based PhDs replace the on-campus experience?

Kris Hill attempts to convince you that inclusion of distance-based post-graduate researchers (PGRs) benefits everyone, including those who are campus-based. Kris explains why inclusion of your distance-based peers is so important to the entire research community and how it is not a threat to the campus experience.

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