What if you had a guidebook that you could turn to at each stage of your academic journey to help you navigate through the process of getting a PhD in Biblical Studies and succeeding in the academic world? This book is precisely intended to fill that need. From theory to practice, you will find discussions and answers to the most pertinent and pressing questions that prospective and current doctoral students are faced with: How do I choose a program? How can I gain admission into an elite program? How do I choose a research topic? Alongside the "big" questions about the process, there are also a host of smaller matters: How do I publish an article? What conferences are out there in my field? Where do I start looking for a job? How do I get teaching experience? How do I write a syllabus? This guidebook tackles all of these questions and many more in three parts: Prepare focuses on getting into a PhD program; Succeed guides you through the doctoral program, especially the writing of the dissertation; and Advance treats issues that relate to success in the academic world such as conference participation, publishing, employment, and best practices in teaching.



by Nijay K. Gupta



Acknowledgments Introduction Prepare 1 Choosing a Doctoral Program 2 Preparing for Doctoral Studies: From Education to Application 3 Making the Application Succeed 4 Orientation to the PhD and Choosing the Research Topic 5 Doctoral Exams and Dissertation Work 6 How to Defend Your Work (Preparing for Your Formal Defense) Advance 7 Orientation: From PhD to Employment and Beyond 8 Conference Participation and Publishing 9 Teaching Experience 10 Job Hunting, Interviewing, and Publishing the Dissertation 11 Advancing towards a More Healthy, Diverse, and Inclusive Academy Conclusion Bibliography