Description: Is pursuit of the doctorate the ultimate intellectual "survival of the fittest" challenge? Are there common experiences that result in success while earning the PhD? Can examining the experiences of individuals successful in pursuing the doctorate lead us towards learning how to increase success rates and decrease doctoral attrition?
Brief description: Cristina Artenie is the co-editor of Dracula: The Postcolonial Edition and the comparative survey of all major critical editions--from the 1970s until today--of Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula: A Study of Editorial Practices.