What is Doctoral advisor?
A '''doctoral advisor''' (or '''dissertation director''' or '''dissertation advisor''') is a university faculty member whose helps guide [[graduate]] students who are candidates for a [[doctorate]] degree. This includes helping them select coursework, as well as shaping, refining and directing the students' choice of sub-discipline in which they will be examined or on which they will write a dissertation.<ref>{{citation|title=The portable dissertation advisor|author=Miles Taft Bryant|publisher=Corwin Press|year=2004|isbn=978-0-7619-4696-0|pages=9–11}}.</ref> Students in general choose advisors based on their areas of interest within their [[discipline]], their [[desire]] to work closely with particular graduate faculty, and the willingness and availability of those faculty to work with them. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://science-network.tv/supervision/ Supervision of PhD students] (with some focus on disagreements) * [http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/students/phd-guide/supervisor Cambridge example] {{DEFAULTSORT:Doctoral Advisor}} [[Category:Academia]] {{stub}}