Figuring it out: a conversation about how to complete your Ph.D

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PATRICK M. KRUEGER

University of Pennsylvania

LORI A. PEEK

Colorado State University

* The authors are listed alphabetically to denote equal contributions. This manuscript has benefited from the first author's participation in the Robert Wood Johnson-Health & Society Scholars Program, as well as comments provided by Leslie Irvine, Rick Rogers, Wendy Steinhacker, and Erin Trapp. An earlier draft of this paper was presented at the University of Colorado, Department of Sociology's Professionalization Series for Graduate Students, November 14, 2002. Address all correspondence to Lori A. Peek, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Co 80523; lori.peek@colostate.edu.