Vanessa Corcoran (she/her) is an advising dean and adjunct professor of history at Georgetown University. Her memoir, "It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint: My Road to the Marathon and Ph.D." is now available. Follow her on Twitter: @VRCinDC

Full-Circle Journey of a Doctoral Student: Applications, Interviews, and Mentoring Others 

This article takes the reader on a journey of a doctoral student, from applications, interviews, and building a relationship with supervisors, to coming full circle by mentoring other students starting out and facing challenges. The writer shares their advice and their own personal experience of each stage, including their fulfilling mentoring work promoting awareness of mental wellbeing among PhD students.

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