Grad Student Resources

Making the Most of Graduate School: A Practical Guidebook for Students in Applied Linguistics, Education, and TESOL (open access)

Academic socialization is often an implicit processs, and learning how to be successful in graduate school is not always explicitly taught. Matt Kessler and Elliott Casal offer down-to-earth and honest advice based on their own experiences about how to succeed during graduate study in applied linguistics.

Professional Development in Applied Linguistics: A guide to success for graduate students and early career faculty (open access here)

This edited volume features a collection of chapters from experts at different career stages. Each chapter focuses on a specific topic and a unique aspect of being an applied linguist.

A Student's Guide to the MA TESOL

For many students, entering a TESOL master's program with little or no prior experience with language teaching or knowledge of the field can be pretty intimidating. Nancy Bell's straightforward and accessible guidebook offers a welcoming introduction to new TESOL professionals.

Doctoral Students' Identities and Emotional Wellbeing in Applied Linguistics: Autoethnographic Accounts

This volume is a collection of autoethnographies by applied linguistics doctoral students reflecting on community-building, resilience, and wellbeing during doctoral study. Each chapter is written by a different author in a different context and examines a unique aspect of the doctoral journey.

Writing an Applied Linguistics Thesis or Dissertation: A Guide to Presenting Empirical Research

How exactly should a Literature Review be structured? What's the difference between the Findings and Discussion sections? What's the function of an Introduction and a Conclusion? If you've ever asked these questions, John Bitchener's guidebook breaks things down in a transparent way, illustrating the structures and functions of each of these genres.

A Field Guide to Grad School: Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum

Unfortunately, many of the things you will need to learn to do in grad school aren't explicitly taught. Fortunately, Jess Calarco wrote this comprehensive survival guide to show you the way! Each chapter focuses on a different stage of doctoral study and offers transparent, down-do-earth advice.

Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD: A Survival Guide (open access)

In order to do well, we first need to be well. Zoë Ayres' survival guide offers practical strategies for graduate students to reflect on their wellbeing and practice self-care, and it demystifies unclear expectations or assumptions that can negatively affect doctoral students' mental health and wellness. See a review I wrote about this book here.