Setbacks and Missteps: A Conversation about Failing Comps
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Dr. Heather Wagoner’s experience failing her doctoral qualifying exam
How she responded as the shame set in
What she did to regroup and find a way forward
The meaning she’s made of that experience and how it changed her
Heather’s advice to advisors and graduate faculty
Her advice to students facing a crossroad in their educational journeys
Our guest is: Dr. Heather Wagoner, Director of Student Engagement and Campus Life at Virginia Tech. Heather has been a higher education practitioner for almost 20 years, working at…
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