RachelFoot

Hello everyone! I'm Rachel Foot. I think most of us have already met, which is brilliant.

I'm a PhD student in Curriculum and Instruction and Im taking my comps......this summer!! So, if you see me looking a little out of it in class this summer that's because I'll be juggling lots of balls in the air at once.

As most of you know, Im from England, so please always feel free to ask me any questions you have about my little island, or let me hear your English accent - just no Dick van Dyke impressions from Mary Poppins please : ). If you are very, very nice to me I may one day let you hear my American impression as well.

My research interests have always been centered around adult students in higher education. As I come to comps and dissertation proposal my main focus is on doctoral student identity transition  - what really happens to change us from the students who concentrate on getting good grades and doing assignments "right" to emerging scholars who care more about generating scholarship? Im also interested in the lived experiences of doctoral students  because our bakcgrounds and identitied are so varied as a community. Finally, im interested in how elements of the culture of the academy and the hidden curriculum  in doctoral studies are experiencec by doc students.........now I just have to turn all this into a proper, coherent question.

Im really excited to work with you all and look forward to seeing you soon!!