Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword : Surviving the rat race and becoming citizen professionals / Harry Boyte -- Making the most of the conference experience / Melissa Dennihy -- Give yourself a chance : apply for scholarship / Magdelena Lesko -- How to turn a good relationship with your supervisor into a great one / John Lee -- Strength in numbers : starting and managing a dissertation support group / Deb Trusty -- Scholarly publication : a multilingual perspective / Atushi Iida -- Utopian alienation : Becoming an academic writer in the U.S.A. / Ken Neilsen -- Thinking bigger : editing a book 101 / Chris McMaster -- Paying it forward : engaging the next generation of professional students / Danielle Shepherd -- We're not in the barrio anymore : negotiating Chicana/o guilt in the ivory tower / Raisa Alvarado and Jaime Guzman -- Navigating academia's invisible margins : different abilities in graduate school / Tim Weldon -- A Working-Class Chicana navigating a Ph.D. program while feeling like an imposter / Yessica Garcia Hernandez -- Dis[Advantaged] or, finding the middle / Lara Roberts -- Navigating traditional graduate programs as a non-traditional student / Chris Huff -- The student's practical guide to not losing your soul / Nicolas Werse and B.J. Parker -- Hooker boots and Edgar Allen Poe : finding inspiration in grad school / Tabatha Hoffmeyer -- Seeing the stars / Rebecca Zimmer -- You can actually enjoy your life while in graduate school. How? Don't procrastinate / Alison Marzocchi -- 17 hours behind : studying at a distance / Alison Hicks -- Navigating academic culture shock : advice for international students / Alistair Kwan -- Southern exposure : learning through experiences overseas / William Hurtes.