Home About Michigan Doctoral Experience Study (MDES) Findings and Insights Findings and Insights Publications The Effect of Communication Emails on Web Survey Response Rate, Representativeness, and Response Bias: Results from a Factorial Randomized Control Trial in a College Student Population Paula Clasing-Manquian, John A. Gonzalez Developmental Trajectories During Doctoral Study: Identifying Heterogeneity in Psychosocial Factor’s Development Paula Clasing-Manquian, Heeyun Kim, Nabih Haddad, John Gonzalez Transition Points: Well-being and Disciplinary Identity in the First Years of Doctoral Studies John A. Gonzalez, Heeyun Kim, Allyson Flaster Disparities in Perceived Disciplinary Knowledge Among New Doctoral Students Allyson Flaster, Kristen M. Glasener, John A. Gonzalez Reports and Briefs Ph.D. Student Perspectives on Quality of Life 2026 | Summary Report Ph.D. Students’ Views on Faculty Mentoring 2026 | Summary Report Yearly Changes in Ph.D. Student Mental Health 2025 | Summary Report MDES Trends Report, by Rackham Division 2024 | Summary Report An Overview of the Michigan Doctoral Experience Study (MDES): Years 1 to 5 2022 | Summary Report Student Stress and Well-Being: The First Five Years of Doctoral Studies 2021 | Summary Report Incoming Students Housing Report 2021 | Annual Brief International Student Reports 2021 | Annual Brief Presentations Findings from the Michigan Doctoral Experience Study: Student Well-Being and the Ph.D. Journey October 2025 | Exploring Well-Being in Graduate Education: A Rackham Symposium John Gonzalez, Allyson Flaster Hostile Advisors: Prevalence, Forms, and Consequences of Abusive Supervision in Doctoral Education April 2025 | American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting Yiran Chen, Yiping Bai, Heeyun Kim, John Gonzalez The Hidden Cost: Emotional Labor, Mentoring, and Graduate Students’ Well-Being April 2025 | American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting Yiping Bai, Yiran Chen, John Gonzalez, Heeyun Kim Michigan Doctoral Experience Study: An Overview of Well-Being Data (Fall 2017-Fall 2023) October 2024 | Rackham Program Chairs and Directors MeetingJohn A. Gonzalez Michigan Doctoral Experience Study: An Overview of Mentoring and Related Outcomes February 2024 | Rackham Faculty AlliesJohn A. Gonzalez Doctoral Student Development in Time of Crisis: Implications of COVID-19 on Well-Being and Academic Development November 2021 | Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual ConferenceHeeyun Kim, Nabih Haddad, Paula Clasing-Manquian, John A. Gonzalez Developing Academic Identity: Insights from the Michigan Doctoral Experience Study May 2019 | Inaugural Rackham Faculty SymposiumJohn A. Gonzalez, Allyson Flaster The Evolution of Research on Doctoral Student Success at UM November 2017 | University of Michigan Higher Education Applied Research (HEAR) SeminarJohn A. Gonzalez, Merle Feldbaum, Allyson Flaster Contact Us Hours: Institutional Research is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The office is closed Saturdays and Sundays and on university holidays. Location 0120 Rackham Building 915 E. Washington St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1070 Contact Phone: 734.764.8221 Fax: 734.615.3832 Email: [email protected]
