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Handbook for the Humanities Doctoral Student offers insightful information for the humanities doctoral student. This book considers what many other reference books overlook: how to successfully negotiate through daily operations as a student in a humanities doctoral program. Handbook for the Humanities Doctoral Student provides global perspectives of graduate education, including current Ph.D. completion statistics. These statistics establish that humanities doctoral student degree completion rates are lower than completion rates in the sciences. This guide provides helpful information to counteract the potential risks that a humanities doctoral student might encounter. Handbook for the Humanities Doctoral Student includes discussion on orientation and expectations, teaching/scholarship/service, professional development, politics in the academy, preparation and marketing yourself, what happens after course work, and the importance of engaging leisure as philosophical praxis while in a doctoral program. Handbook for the Humanities Doctoral Student offers the inside scoop on how to successfully complete your humanities Ph.D.