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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

As part of the #PhDmums study, we asked almost 1000 current and former doctoral researchers who also had a mother(-like) role, to share their advice, which we have distilled and shared in our new paper. Link: lnkd.in/gxyrtadd If you don't have access, 50 free copies here: lnkd.in/gmYUMuDp

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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

and studies conducted in "the southwest" (as one example) of the country. like no other country has a south west...🤷

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Universities make concerted choices about the content they put on their websites - it is their face to the world 🌍 In our new paper led by @katrinamcchesney.bsky.social, we looked to see how parents are positioned in institutional websites in Australia and New Zealand. doi.org/10.1007/s107...

White text on green background, a snip from a published paper. Text reads "Where are all the parents? An analysis of visibility, representation, and information for parents on university websites", shows that the article was published 6 Nov 2025, in Higher Education.
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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

As an Australian living in Japan both with not perfect but decent universal public healthcare, I was shaking my head reading this, and then read the comments to realise this is a MONTHLY premium?? Not annual? Is that right?? 🤯

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

I didn't know these existed until I saw these creatures popping out of holes in the mountains of Switzerland. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmot

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Marmot - Wikipedia

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

It's Summer and students are off class, so I'm doing my twice annual cleanup of the thesisbypublication.com website. Please check it out! We're also looking for examples, commentaries, and research on doctoral theses that include publications #Doctoral #PhD #thesis by #Publication

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Thesis By Publication

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Yusuke SAKURAI, PhD; 櫻井勇介, Hiroshima University; 広島大学 @ysakurai.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

International academics’ institutional integration and social adaptation among different local language competence groups in Japan @shanmason.bsky.social @journals.sagepub.com doi.org/10.1177/1745... rihe.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/2025/09/2... #international #academics #Japan #language #researcher

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Oh they have a firm grip on kids and parents here in Japan, and I'm talking high school rankings! 🧐

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Rosey Chang @roseychang.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

If you’re interested in thesis by publication (sometimes called thesis through publication) Shan’s site is invaluable. It was a terrific resource during my PhD project. Thanks, Shan! #thesisbypublication #dissertation #AcWri #AcademicSky

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Oh thank you, that's so great to hear! We just made the resource we wish we had! 🤗

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ココア留学【海外キャリアデザイン】 @cocoaryugaku.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

【🇦🇺教師が去る教室の現実】 ―教育現場で進む“尊敬”の崩壊と教員の悲鳴― ・教師の離職率が急増、背景に暴言・暴力・性的嫌がらせなど深刻な生徒の問題行動・政府は生徒のいじめ対策を進めるが、教師の心身への影響やサポート不足が深刻・授業以外の負担増加、コロナ後の変化、SNSの影響などで教員の心が限界に近づく教職は単なる指導職ではなく、感情と責任が重なる専門職で、社会全体で尊重と支援が不可欠ですね。

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

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Thesis By Publication

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Did you include publications in your doctoral thesis? Have you supervised a Thesis by Publication? We are looking for examples to share with other doctoral researchers, so please share links with us to add to our collection.🙏 thesisbypublication.com/examples/

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A list of theses that include publications

The following is a list of links to theses that are freely available online for you to download and read. They have been either recommended to us, or located through online searches, and are shared…

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Is anyone following me also following me on X? Do you mind taking a look and letting me know if there's any activity there "from me"? Someone has accessed my account and changed the password, according to X themselves but they won't help because "you still have control of your account"

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Putting a grant application together - finally getting back to some teacher retention work. Went looking for the impact of the framework I developed for my PhD. So surprised and humbled to find at least 25 studies in 9 countries that have adopted it☺️

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

If you are completing, supervising, or examining a #PhD #doctoral #thesis that includes #publications, you might find our collection of resources helpful. Please share with your higher education contacts 🙏 www.thesisbypublication.com

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Thesis By Publication

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

What happens behind the scenes when examiners examine a #doctoral #PhD #thesis that includes #publications? Kristin Solli and I asked examiners about their processes. Our paper is out today Open Access in Issues in Educational Research, vol 35(1). www.iier.org.au/iier35/mason...

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

If you are looking for someone to copyedit your (or your doctoral student's) thesis, I offer a professional but personal service. Find out more ↓ thesisbypublication.com/thesis-editi... #sidehustle #doctoral #PhD #thesis

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Thesis editing

Who am I?Hi! My name is Shannon Mason (BEd, MA(AppLing), PhD). I am the creator of this website, and a mid-career academic with experience researching the ins and outs of doctoral theses that inclu…

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Another article found and added to our list of resources at thesisbypublication.com. This study compares the monograph and TBP model from the perspective of supervisors. doi.org/10.36096/ijb...

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Article-based thesis or thesis by monograph? Supervisors’ views on the route to completion of doctoral studies | International Journal of Business Ecosystem & Strategy (2687-2293)

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

umm, so I think I need a break...

screen shot of my post sharing a paper I found.

screenshot of my post sharing a paper I found a couple of months later. It's the same paper.

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Ethical mindfuck for Friday. Looking for full text of a thesis on psychology doctoral mums that I ID'ed for inclusion in a literature review. Search the author's name and hit a sex offender registry, which confirms her affiliation, and details her conviction for sexual assault of minor boys...

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

There are lots of great studies that have informed the #PhDmums study, and we want to share them with you! This will be a growing list of literature that centers doctoral researchers who also have a mother(-like) role.

Icon of a mother holding up a baby while wearing a graduation cap. Text reads #PhDmums - A big list of studies that center the experiences of doctoral researchers who are also mothers. For more about our study: phdmums.weebly.com

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Exploring the Experiences of Doctoral Student Mothers: A Comparative Study of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan (Tabaeva & Durrani, 2025) 📊Interviews 🔎15 doctoral student mothers 🎓Social Sciences 🌍Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan doi.org/10.1007/978-...

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Exploring the Experiences of Doctoral Student Mothers: A Comparative Study of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

This study addresses the research gap on doctoral student mothersdoctoral student mothers" \r "doctoralStudentMothers (DSMs) in Central Asia by examining the experiences of 15 DSMs in Kazakh...

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Experiences of Counselor Education Doctoral Student Mothers With Young Children (Lundquist et al., 2020) 📊Interviews 🔎11 doctoral student mothers 🎓Counselor Education 🌎United States doi.org/10.1002/ceas...

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

A Seat at the Table: Womanist Narratives of Black Mothers in Doctoral Programs (Rogers et al., 2019) 📊Ethnography 🔎3 Black doctoral mother graduates 🌎United States doi.org/10.31390/tab...

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A Seat At The Table: Womanist Narratives of Black Mothers in Doctoral Programs

By Juhanna Rogers, Alexis McLean, and Marcelle Mentor, Published on 09/19/19

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Torn between three worlds: Examining the graduate school experience of women balancing doctoral education, motherhood, and work (Wu, 2015) 📊Questionnaire, Interview, Focus Group 🔎20 working doctoral student mothers 🎓Various fields psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-...

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The dishes can wait: A young mother's reflection post-PhD (Lenette, 2012) 📊Autoethnography 🔎Migrant doctoral researcher 🎓Social Welfare 🌎Australia search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/...

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"The dishes can wait: A young mother's reflection post-PhD"

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Learning to Manage: How Saudi Female Doctoral Students in Education Manage Academic and Motherhood Roles in US Universities (Alhajjuj, 2016) 📊Interviews 🔎14 Saudi doctoral researchers in 🎓Education 🌎Studying in the USA kuscholarworks.ku.edu/entities/pub...

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LEARNING TO MANAGE: HOW SAUDI FEMALE DOCTORAL STUDENTS IN EDUCATION MANAGE ACADEMIC AND MOTHERHOOD ROLES IN U.S. UNIVERSITIES

The purpose of this study was to investigate the experiences of 14 Saudi female doctoral students who were managing motherhood and academic roles while studying in the United States. All of the partic...

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Supports and Recommendations for Pregnant and Newly Parenting Doctoral Students in Health Professions (Wladkowski & Mirick, 2020) 📊Interviews 🔎28 pregnant and newly-parenting doctoral researchers 🎓Health sciences 🌎USA www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Supports and Recommendations for Pregnant and Newly Parenting Doctoral Students in Health Professions

Female doctoral students with children face significant barriers to successful program completion, leaving programs at higher rates than students without children. This qualitative study (N=28) exp...

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

We have added another great example of a #PhD #doctoral #Thesis By #Publication. Thanks to Chrisophe for sharing your bilingual #TBP, threading French narrative and English publications! Link to the thesis on our website thesisbypublication.com > examples > TBPs in Health and Welfare #PhDSky

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Mothers working in academia often deliberately hide or underestimate their parental responsibilities in the face of workplace pressure, according to research #highered #EduSky

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Academic mothers ‘hide’ impact of caring responsibilities on work

Researcher questions whether ‘care obfuscation’ is the answer to mums’ sense of exclusion

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Spending this rainy Sunday morning (by choice, after a few weekdays off in lieu) doing some coding and theme generation for the #PhDmums study. Thinking this quote could be a good descriptive name for the "importance of support" theme...

advice from #PhDmums, quote "If you don't have a supportive partner or a supportive friend/family group, you are fucked." followed by link to phdmums.weebly.com website

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Why is it only men who contact me through the thesisbypublication website to demand I list all the universities that offer a TBP (across the world??), how to apply, how much, etc. Seriously, if you can't look up info about programs yourself, you probably aren't cut out for doctoral research...

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Thanks for the repost @skyeplaysted.bsky.social Just wondering, do you get a notification that you were added to a list? Did you have a choice to opt in/opt out?

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

As I'm sorting through the almost 100,000 words of qualitative data from the #PhDmums study, I will pass on some of the pearls of wisdom our participants have offered other #doctoral researchers who are also navigating #motherhood

Advice from #PhDmums. Quote in white with green stylized background: "Make the most of your time 'in the doctoral office' - no procrastination and no perfectionism!". Link to PhDmums.weebly.com

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Even though X/Twitter is imploding, our study on the ethical quoting of social media posts applies regardless of the platform. Check out our (@lenandlar.bsky.social) paper from 2022, might be useful particularly for #education researchers. doi.org/10.1177/1747...

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First published online February 3, 2022.
Title: Reporting and discoverability of “Tweets” quoted in published scholarship: current practice and ethical implications.
Authors: Shannon Mason and Lenandlar Singh

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Haven't seen it framed like this before, but I like it. #PhDmum advises us to "make sure you have a good support network" but also to make sure "that you don't have a non-support network". Motherhood & doctoral education: You CAN do it! Our earlier paper ↓ dx.doi.org/10.1080/0309...

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How motherhood enhances and strains doctoral research/ers

Motherhood is often positioned as incompatible with further education, and various cohort studies have revealed the many ways in which mothers are discouraged from and disadvantaged in higher educa...

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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Isn't it interesting that they copped to it straight away. I've had a few essays done with AI and they also fessed up immediately, just with a little prompt (no accusation).

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