Doctoral Study and Getting Published

Richard Fay is a Critical Applied Linguist and Senior Lecturer in Education (TESOL and Intercultural Education) at The University of Manchester (UK). He founded and co-ordinates the LANTERN doctoral research group and he was awarded Teacher of the Year in 2012 for his leadership of this doctoral community. His academic and professional practice falls within the following domains: teacher education for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), researcher education, intercultural communication/education, and ethnomusicology.Achilleas Kostoulas is an Applied Linguist at the University of Thessaly (Greece). His academic and professional background is in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. He trained as an English language teacher at the University of Athens and completed his postgraduate and doctoral studies in language education at the University of Manchester. He is the author of several monographs and edited collections focusing on diverse aspects of language teaching and language teacher education.

• Chapter 1. Doctoral study and getting published: Narrative and ecological perspectives; Richard Fay and Achilleas KostoulasChapter 2. Local and global challenges for early career publishing; Jane AndrewsPart A. Finding or constructing a researcher identityChapter 3. The interacting selves in early career publishing and beyond: The search for a researcher identity; Magdalena De StefaniChapter 4. Where are you from?; Eljee JavierCommentary to Part A; Richard Fay and Achilleas KostoulasPart B. The experience of writingChapter 5. ‘On being published’: A reflection on trajectories of (published) texts and researcher imaginaries; Jessica BradleyChapter 6. A garden of forking PhD paths; Edd Aspbury-MiyanishiChapter 7. Publish, not perish: Developing a purposeful approach to doctoral publications; Magdalena RostronCommentary to Part B; Richard Fay and Achilleas KostoulasPart C. Engaging with co-authors and critical peersChapter 8. Writing and publishing collaboratively: A safe scaffold for an ECR; Siti Masrifatul FitriyahChapter 9. The benefits of ‘being shaped’ as an early career researcher; Dylan WilliamsChapter 10. My successful and less successful publication experiences; Sutraphorn TantiniranatCommentary to Part C; Richard Fay and Achilleas KostoulasPart D. Building or joining an academic communityChapter 11. Developing researcherhood and professional belonging through publication; Zhuo Min HuangChapter 12. Building your ‘LOOP’ in navigating an academic community; Rui HeChapter 13. How practice shapes research and a sense of community in the field of English for Academic Purposes; Paul BreenCommentary to Part D; Richard Fay and Achilleas KostoulasPart E. Engaging with publishersChapter 14. Dilemmas and challenges in publication and revision of research articles as an early career researcher; Duygu CandarliChapter 15. Seeking constructive rejections: A reflection on my publication strategies during the PhD; Felix KwihanganaChapter 16. It is not easy to learn about your academic self through the eyes of reviewers; Mira BekarChapter 17. It’s not about me; Paul Vincent SmithCommentary to Part E; Richard Fay and Achilleas KostoulasChapter 18. Concluding Comments; Mira Bekar