本书的编者邀请了五位靠前知名学者与其曾经指导过的博士研究生、如今也在业界有一定知名度的青年学者共同撰文。他们结合自己的学术经历，以"导师—博士研究生"对话的双视角，共同探讨二语写作研究领域的博士研究生如何更好地寻求学术和职业发展。

总序\t 文秋芳 v
导读\t 徐昉 ix
1 Introduction 1
Kyle McIntosh, Carolina Pelaez-Morales, and Tony Silva
2 Second Language Writing Dissertations at Doctoral Level Universities:The Case of Indiana University of Pennsylvania 7
Dan J. Tannacito
3 On My Initiation into the Field of Second Language Writing 32
Karen A. Power
4 Doctoring Yourself: Seven Steps 54
Alister Cumming
5 Doctoring Myself: Observation, Interaction, and Action 67
Luxin Yang
6 The Will to Build: Mentoring Doctoral Students in Second Language Writing 88
Paul Kei Matsuda
7 Choices in Identity Building as an L2 Writing Speist:Investment and Perseverance 105
Tanita Saenkhum
8 From Doctoral Education to the Tenure Track: Lessons and Observations from the Journey 119
Christina Ortmeier-Hooper
9 The PhD Process as Activity 137
Wei Zhu
10 The PhD Process as Growing in a Community 149
Iona Sarieva
11 Knowledge Consumer to Knowledge Producer: Preliminary Exams and the Prospectus (A Dialog) 160
Tony Cimasko and Tony Silva
Contributors 178
About the Editors 182
Index 184