Those 4 Life-Changing Words: “Accepted with Minor Revisions”
I was a doctoral student at a research university in the Dallas area. The daunting dissertation phase was tolerable because of the support I had from my faculty advisor, research consulting firm, and my cohort. The process seems to go to fast when it is over; however, it only just begins when you are finished with your dissertation.
Initially, I was energetic about publishing my findings as soon as possible. As a first-year faculty member at an urban Midwest university, I found it difficult to balance time between writing my dissertation articles and immersing myself in the environment of a new job. Ideally, you would like to save one to two days a week for writing; however, there never seems to be enough time after you attend all of the meetings, classes, and other responsibilities as a new faculty member. About a month or two into my new job, I decided that I had to better manage my time to produce my first dissertation article for publication.After four months of revisions back and forth with my faculty advisor, I have received an email from the journal editors that my first dissertation article has been “accepted with minor revisions.” I am definitely having feelings of relief and excitement. As a scholar, you hope and pray that you will never lose this momentum; however, this feeling of accomplishment solidifies that you will work twice as hard for the next publication.