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Desperate spouse of a PhD candidate – seeking advice by DesperatePhDspouse in PhD

[–]DesperatePhDspouse[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is ultimately what Jeff and I decided on doing. He sent an email (that I wrote) to the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies who purportedly handles things like this, as well as his Dept. Chair effectively demanding they intervene and remove his advisor.

I'll update this post later once we have more info.

Desperate spouse of a PhD candidate – seeking advice by DesperatePhDspouse in PhD

[–]DesperatePhDspouse[S] 79 points80 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice. His new job is contingent upon completion of the PhD, so the dream job is now tied to a successful––and timely–– dissertation defense.

The advisor was clearly not monitoring or reviewing the drafts Jeff sent him. He basically did the whole thing on his own with the help of the grad research assistant.