Last week I talked about what it means to be a PhD student in the social sciences, and what this stage of schooling looks like. I’ve mentioned before that I am studying health communication, but I find that this term is incredibly vague. Today I will talk about what health communication research is, and what it means to me.
Keep fighting,
~Dennis
My second semester of my doctorate program recently began, but instead of talking vaguely about how school is going, and I want to get specific. What exactly is involved with getting a PhD, especially in something as nebulous as communication? When I tell my friends or coworkers or family or people I meet that I’m working on a PhD, I usually get three responses: slight awe for earning an advanced degree, followed closely by thinly veiled revulsion that I actually chose to go to more school, and then confusion: what does a person do to get a PhD.
Keep fighting,
~Dennis
