@shanmason
Associate Professor at Nagasaki University・Ex-teacher・Education researcher: teacher attrition, teacher supply, doctoral education, early career researchers, PhD mums, thesis by publication, publishing・Mum・Migrant・1stGen🎓️HS+ www.thesisbypublication.com
As part of the #PhDmums study, we asked almost 1000 current and former doctoral researchers who also had a mother(-like) role, to share their advice, which we have distilled and shared in our new paper.
Link: lnkd.in/gxyrtadd
If you don't have access, 50 free copies here: lnkd.in/gmYUMuDp
and studies conducted in "the southwest" (as one example) of the country.
like no other country has a south west...🤷
Loved working on this project with @shanmason.bsky.social and 3 fab research assistants. Universities are places for everyone - but it takes deliberate work to make sure people know that!
doi.org/10.1007/s107...
If you don't have access, you can view the full text online at rdcu.be/eO3Vt
White text on green background, a snip from a published paper. Text reads "Where are all the parents? An analysis of visibility, representation, and information for parents on university websites", shows that the article was published 6 Nov 2025, in Higher Education. Published: 06 November 2025
Universities make concerted choices about the content they put on their websites - it is their face to the world 🌍 In our new paper led by @katrinamcchesney.bsky.social, we looked to see how parents are positioned in institutional websites in Australia and New Zealand. doi.org/10.1007/s107...
As an Australian living in Japan both with not perfect but decent universal public healthcare, I was shaking my head reading this, and then read the comments to realise this is a MONTHLY premium?? Not annual? Is that right?? 🤯
I didn't know these existed until I saw these creatures popping out of holes in the mountains of Switzerland.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmot
It's Summer and students are off class, so I'm doing my twice annual cleanup of the thesisbypublication.com website.
Please check it out!
We're also looking for examples, commentaries, and research on doctoral theses that include publications
#Doctoral #PhD #thesis by #Publication
International academics’ institutional integration and social adaptation among different local language competence groups in Japan
@shanmason.bsky.social
@journals.sagepub.com
doi.org/10.1177/1745...
rihe.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/2025/09/2...
#international #academics #Japan #language #researcher
Oh they have a firm grip on kids and parents here in Japan, and I'm talking high school rankings! 🧐
If you’re interested in thesis by publication (sometimes called thesis through publication) Shan’s site is invaluable. It was a terrific resource during my PhD project. Thanks, Shan!
#thesisbypublication #dissertation #AcWri #AcademicSky
Oh thank you, that's so great to hear! We just made the resource we wish we had! 🤗
【🇦🇺教師が去る教室の現実】
―教育現場で進む“尊敬”の崩壊と教員の悲鳴―
・教師の離職率が急増、背景に暴言・暴力・性的嫌がらせなど深刻な生徒の問題行動
・政府は生徒のいじめ対策を進めるが、教師の心身への影響やサポート不足が深刻
・授業以外の負担増加、コロナ後の変化、SNSの影響などで教員の心が限界に近づく
教職は単なる指導職ではなく、感情と責任が重なる専門職で、社会全体で尊重と支援が不可欠ですね。
It's Summer and students are off class, so I'm doing my twice annual cleanup of the thesisbypublication.com website.
Please check it out!
We're also looking for examples, commentaries, and research on doctoral theses that include publications
#Doctoral #PhD #thesis by #Publication
Did you include publications in your doctoral thesis?
Have you supervised a Thesis by Publication?
We are looking for examples to share with other doctoral researchers, so please share links with us to add to our collection.🙏
thesisbypublication.com/examples/
Is anyone following me also following me on X?
Do you mind taking a look and letting me know if there's any activity there "from me"? Someone has accessed my account and changed the password, according to X themselves but they won't help because "you still have control of your account"
Putting a grant application together - finally getting back to some teacher retention work. Went looking for the impact of the framework I developed for my PhD. So surprised and humbled to find at least 25 studies in 9 countries that have adopted it☺️
If you are completing, supervising, or examining a #PhD #doctoral #thesis that includes #publications, you might find our collection of resources helpful. Please share with your higher education contacts 🙏
www.thesisbypublication.com
What happens behind the scenes when examiners examine a #doctoral #PhD #thesis that includes #publications?
Kristin Solli and I asked examiners about their processes. Our paper is out today Open Access in Issues in Educational Research, vol 35(1).
www.iier.org.au/iier35/mason...
If you are looking for someone to copyedit your (or your doctoral student's) thesis, I offer a professional but personal service. Find out more ↓
thesisbypublication.com/thesis-editi...
#sidehustle #doctoral #PhD #thesis
Another article found and added to our list of resources at thesisbypublication.com. This study compares the monograph and TBP model from the perspective of supervisors.
doi.org/10.36096/ijb...
screen shot of my post sharing a paper I found.
screenshot of my post sharing a paper I found a couple of months later. It's the same paper.
umm, so I think I need a break...
A little late to find this one, but this is a great article on #thesis #PhD by #publication from South Africa, focusing on clinically based #doctoral research.
doi.org/10.1080/0729...
More resources on TBP at thesisbypublication.com
Ethical mindfuck for Friday. Looking for full text of a thesis on psychology doctoral mums that I ID'ed for inclusion in a literature review. Search the author's name and hit a sex offender registry, which confirms her affiliation, and details her conviction for sexual assault of minor boys...
Icon of a mother holding up a baby while wearing a graduation cap. Text reads #PhDmums - A big list of studies that center the experiences of doctoral researchers who are also mothers. For more about our study: phdmums.weebly.com
There are lots of great studies that have informed the #PhDmums study, and we want to share them with you!
This will be a growing list of literature that centers doctoral researchers who also have a mother(-like) role.
Exploring the Experiences of Doctoral Student Mothers: A Comparative Study of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan (Tabaeva & Durrani, 2025)
📊Interviews 🔎15 doctoral student mothers 🎓Social Sciences 🌍Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
As I've been sifting through data from #PhDmums, many of whom warn other mothers away from the careless environment of higher education, this title grabbed my attention.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Experiences of Counselor Education Doctoral Student Mothers With Young Children (Lundquist et al., 2020)
📊Interviews 🔎11 doctoral student mothers 🎓Counselor Education 🌎United States
doi.org/10.1002/ceas...
A Seat at the Table: Womanist Narratives of Black Mothers in Doctoral Programs (Rogers et al., 2019)
📊Ethnography 🔎3 Black doctoral mother graduates 🌎United States
doi.org/10.31390/tab...