Toxic PhD Supervisor? Effective tactics for dealing with a bad
The most TOXIC things professors say to students
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Managing your relationship with your PI / PhD advisor in graduate school
How the relationship between advisor and PhD student develops over time #phd #phdlife
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How toxic is your supervisor? : r/PhD
Between undergrad, a summer research program, and my PhD, I've had 6 advisers. 2 were incredibly toxic, 1 of whom I left their lab. 2 were very nice people but okay-ish advisers. And 2 were both amazing people and fantastic advisers, who actually embodied and encouraged a proper work-life balance. So in my experience 1 in 3 is toxic.
When the relationship with your PhD supervisor turns toxic
A lack of support as a postgraduate can have a big impact on your life. Lucy Stewart got stuck with a supervisor who was disinterested in her work. He didn't check in with her for months at a ...
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The correct way to deal with a toxic advisor is to move elsewhere, even if it means changing universities. If you can do so safely (to yourself and your career) report them to university authorities. Whether it has any effect or not depends on how widespread are the poor attitudes. These things happen and when they do, a sort of whipsaw effect ...
Escaping Bad Academic Advisors (7 Things PhDs Can Do)
PhDs are smart, inventive, and committed. Start protecting yourself from abuse. There are 7 things you can do to improve your situation, and it's time you put forth the effort to stand up and make your own future. 1. Keep your goals a secret. In my own case, I made the mistake of revealing too much.
Of monsters and mentors: PhD disasters, and how to avoid them
As a panelist or advisor for several funding bodies I see submissions that span a wide range from pure egoism ("My research programme is brilliant, I am brilliant, my intellect shines like a lighthouse and I need a PhD slave to do my bidding") to supportive and collaborative mentoring ("I have an idea to share with a PhD student, who will have ...
How to cope with a problematic PhD supervisor
Problem 1: A lack of contact. The first common problem is simply a lack of contact. This is especially common if you're doing a PhD remotely and you're entirely dependent on email for communication. Sometimes this isn't entirely the supervisor's fault. Often I speak to students who say they emailed the supervisor three months ago but ...
Ten types of PhD supervisor relationships
However, these policies need to be accommodated into already overloaded workloads and should include regular review of supervisors. Academics. PhD. professional mentoring. PhD supervisors ...
How to navigate conflict with your research adviser
So, as a first step, start a dialogue to try to resolve any issues. Initiating a conversation can be stressful, but you might be surprised by the outcome. Many advisers appreciate learning about issues in the lab, especially if it helps them become a better mentor and scientist. When Jay was a new faculty member, for instance, three of his Ph.D ...
Another 5 Signs of an Abusive Advisor
The function of an advisor is to critique your argument. This might mean questioning your sources, your theoretical feedback, your analyses, the organization-anything about the argument itself. The purpose of this critique is supposed to be to challenge you and make your argument better. This is good critique.
If you have a bad advisor in grad school
But everybody gets different things out of grad school. Here's a list of good things that grad students might get from advisors: Mentorship. Collaboration. Connections to influential people. Academic ownership of your research agenda. Letters of recommendation. A supportive community in the lab.
Toxic advisor
I am currently a third year PhD student and my phd advisor is a very toxic person. He told me many times that my ideas lack of novelty and ordered us to go to lab on every national holiday. He scolded me if I make no progress according to his standards. The past few years have been truly depressing to me. Now that he transferred to another ...
Venting about my toxic advisor : r/PhD
Venting about my toxic advisor . I just wanted to vent about my bad PhD advisor. It's been a frustrating and overwhelming experience, and I hope that by sharing my story, I can help others who may be going through similar experiences. ... From the start of my PhD program, I realized that my advisor wasn't very involved in my research. Whenever ...
How to handle a bullying PhD supervisor
A key focus must be making it easier for students to change supervisor partway through their projects. Here, funders could make provision for finance allocated to PhD students to be transferred to a new supervisor if bullying has occurred. Where this isn't possible, universities should have a fund available to plug or mitigate funding ...
Reddit Users Share Experiences of Surviving a Toxic PhD Advisor
Built Up Frustration Due to Toxic PI. The Reddit user expressed deep frustration regarding their PhD journey. Now in their 7th year, despite having over 20 publications and winning multiple national awards amounting to around $44K in funding, their advisor still prevents them from graduating.
My toxic supervisor ruined my health
My supervisor was a known bully but when I reported his behaviour to my university, he received a promotion Fri 25 Jan 2019 02.00 EST Last modified on Thu 14 Feb 2019 09.16 EST Share
Signs you have a bad PhD supervisor
PhD supervisors can be very challenging to work with. I have had many different types of PhD supervisors and here I share with you the signs you should look ...
Signs of a Toxic Research Advisor and Research Group in STEM
Gaslighting is when someone makes a point and the other person makes that person feel dumb or inferior for speaking. Gaslighting is like "flipping the narrative.". A gaslighting advisor will makes students feel bad about themselves for speaking up, and will take the student's point and use it against them.
Toxic academia: 10 tips for success
Except for 1 and 9, this is exactly my PhD advisor. Or should I say, the guy I try to cut out of my life as much as possible but he better sign my paperwork when the time comes, since the university environment gives me zero defenses or recourse or ability to change advisors without throwing away years of work.
List of highly unrecommended phd advisors : r/PhD
In my anecdotal experience, people know full well who in their department is toxic, even erring on the side of caution in my advisor's case. it's just that people who join the lab don't care or are willing to overlook it or think they will have a different experience. I don't think Juicy Campus: PhD advisor edition will help.
What matters in a Ph.D. adviser? Here's what the research says
Adviser supportiveness—whether an adviser was caring, considerate, encouraging, and sympathetic—was the most important factor for student satisfaction. According to the researchers' findings, switching from an adviser who was strongly unsupportive to one that was highly supportive would be expected to increase the Ph.D. satisfaction score ...
Is my advisor toxic? [First-year PhD student] : r/PhD
Where my opinion differs is that unpaid labor should NOT be expected of PhD students. I do not think we should have to deal with hierarchal bull shit like unpaid labor for anywhere between 4 and 7 years, and the fact that so many students accept this as the norm is what allows faculty and administration to put us in these positions in the first ...
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Between undergrad, a summer research program, and my PhD, I've had 6 advisers. 2 were incredibly toxic, 1 of whom I left their lab. 2 were very nice people but okay-ish advisers. And 2 were both amazing people and fantastic advisers, who actually embodied and encouraged a proper work-life balance. So in my experience 1 in 3 is toxic.
A lack of support as a postgraduate can have a big impact on your life. Lucy Stewart got stuck with a supervisor who was disinterested in her work. He didn't check in with her for months at a ...
The correct way to deal with a toxic advisor is to move elsewhere, even if it means changing universities. If you can do so safely (to yourself and your career) report them to university authorities. Whether it has any effect or not depends on how widespread are the poor attitudes. These things happen and when they do, a sort of whipsaw effect ...
PhDs are smart, inventive, and committed. Start protecting yourself from abuse. There are 7 things you can do to improve your situation, and it's time you put forth the effort to stand up and make your own future. 1. Keep your goals a secret. In my own case, I made the mistake of revealing too much.
As a panelist or advisor for several funding bodies I see submissions that span a wide range from pure egoism ("My research programme is brilliant, I am brilliant, my intellect shines like a lighthouse and I need a PhD slave to do my bidding") to supportive and collaborative mentoring ("I have an idea to share with a PhD student, who will have ...
Problem 1: A lack of contact. The first common problem is simply a lack of contact. This is especially common if you're doing a PhD remotely and you're entirely dependent on email for communication. Sometimes this isn't entirely the supervisor's fault. Often I speak to students who say they emailed the supervisor three months ago but ...
However, these policies need to be accommodated into already overloaded workloads and should include regular review of supervisors. Academics. PhD. professional mentoring. PhD supervisors ...
So, as a first step, start a dialogue to try to resolve any issues. Initiating a conversation can be stressful, but you might be surprised by the outcome. Many advisers appreciate learning about issues in the lab, especially if it helps them become a better mentor and scientist. When Jay was a new faculty member, for instance, three of his Ph.D ...
The function of an advisor is to critique your argument. This might mean questioning your sources, your theoretical feedback, your analyses, the organization-anything about the argument itself. The purpose of this critique is supposed to be to challenge you and make your argument better. This is good critique.
But everybody gets different things out of grad school. Here's a list of good things that grad students might get from advisors: Mentorship. Collaboration. Connections to influential people. Academic ownership of your research agenda. Letters of recommendation. A supportive community in the lab.
I am currently a third year PhD student and my phd advisor is a very toxic person. He told me many times that my ideas lack of novelty and ordered us to go to lab on every national holiday. He scolded me if I make no progress according to his standards. The past few years have been truly depressing to me. Now that he transferred to another ...
Venting about my toxic advisor . I just wanted to vent about my bad PhD advisor. It's been a frustrating and overwhelming experience, and I hope that by sharing my story, I can help others who may be going through similar experiences. ... From the start of my PhD program, I realized that my advisor wasn't very involved in my research. Whenever ...
A key focus must be making it easier for students to change supervisor partway through their projects. Here, funders could make provision for finance allocated to PhD students to be transferred to a new supervisor if bullying has occurred. Where this isn't possible, universities should have a fund available to plug or mitigate funding ...
Built Up Frustration Due to Toxic PI. The Reddit user expressed deep frustration regarding their PhD journey. Now in their 7th year, despite having over 20 publications and winning multiple national awards amounting to around $44K in funding, their advisor still prevents them from graduating.
My supervisor was a known bully but when I reported his behaviour to my university, he received a promotion Fri 25 Jan 2019 02.00 EST Last modified on Thu 14 Feb 2019 09.16 EST Share
PhD supervisors can be very challenging to work with. I have had many different types of PhD supervisors and here I share with you the signs you should look ...
Gaslighting is when someone makes a point and the other person makes that person feel dumb or inferior for speaking. Gaslighting is like "flipping the narrative.". A gaslighting advisor will makes students feel bad about themselves for speaking up, and will take the student's point and use it against them.
Except for 1 and 9, this is exactly my PhD advisor. Or should I say, the guy I try to cut out of my life as much as possible but he better sign my paperwork when the time comes, since the university environment gives me zero defenses or recourse or ability to change advisors without throwing away years of work.
In my anecdotal experience, people know full well who in their department is toxic, even erring on the side of caution in my advisor's case. it's just that people who join the lab don't care or are willing to overlook it or think they will have a different experience. I don't think Juicy Campus: PhD advisor edition will help.
Adviser supportiveness—whether an adviser was caring, considerate, encouraging, and sympathetic—was the most important factor for student satisfaction. According to the researchers' findings, switching from an adviser who was strongly unsupportive to one that was highly supportive would be expected to increase the Ph.D. satisfaction score ...
Where my opinion differs is that unpaid labor should NOT be expected of PhD students. I do not think we should have to deal with hierarchal bull shit like unpaid labor for anywhere between 4 and 7 years, and the fact that so many students accept this as the norm is what allows faculty and administration to put us in these positions in the first ...