I really appreciate that the three dossier reviews is one of the requirements in my doctoral program which provides me opportunities to learn and grow towards becoming a qualified novice scholar. The Dossier can be a representation of a scholar's comprehensive capabilities in research, teaching, and service that shows professions and expertise in a field. After the Mock Dossier Review workshop, I got feedback and suggestions in various aspects from my peers. Here's the summary of how to improve my dossier:
Candidate Statement
- Theoretical framework - how do other researchers shape my understanding about my research areas and perspectives on research overall.
- Explain more about how my current and previous research experiences influence on my research goals - more linkage between experiences and three areas (especially research). At the same time, provide my own understanding and arguments about my research topic.
- Specify my research approaches with my own lens.
Research
- Explain more about why those research competencies are important for my research.
Teaching
- Make a brief statement for my teaching goals.
- Relate literature on my teaching philosophy.
- How my research influences my teaching and how my teaching has changed?
- Describe the teaching artifacts/evidence.
Service
- Evidence for service experiences.
- All the service experiences are in IST. Lack of service experiences at larger levels.
[Super Useful Candidate Statement Structure]
INTRO
- Goal (job)
- Background (what brought me here to pursue PhD, building to SO WHAT for RQ)
- RQ (Thesis) (So What!)
- RQ
- Theoretical framework
- Evidence
- Trajectory (here’s what I HOPE to do)
- Relate: RQ, Teaching evidence, performance
- Not related: Teaching philosophy, teaching evidence (how it relates to RQ), performance
- (here’s what I HOPE to do)
- Professor: These are service elements you need to be successful in the field
- Here are the people I want to Impact, here’s how I’m doing that, here’s the evidence, (here’s what I HOPE to do)
- Revisit RQ. Provide summary. 1-2 paragraphs
- Breadth and integration. Minor. Relates to IST