Educator, Author, and Coach
ABOUT SUSAN CORBIN, PhD
Student Turned Supporter
My graduate student and academic experience mirrors your own. I have worked with both undergraduate students and graduate students in many positions. While in my doctoral program at the University of Texas at Austin, I was a teaching assistant helping a faculty member with a large class. Later, I taught my own sections of Public Speaking as an assistant instructor.
After graduating with my doctorate, I took the job of undergraduate advisor and ran sections of Freshman Interest Groups. Six years later, I became the graduate coordinator at The University of Texas at Austin where I stayed for more than a decade.
During that time I taught Critical Thinking to undergraduates and coached more than one hundred masters and doctoral students as they finished their final project.
SUPPORTER, ENCOURAGER, AND EXCELLENT LISTENER
Susan Corbin’s coaching methods include being a supporter, an encourager and an excellent listener. She reflects what she heard you say to give you a chance to clarify.
She’ll encourage you to talk through the sticking points of your project, because she knows you know it, you just have to explore it a little bit more.
With her expert questions, you will unstick those sticking points. Her most common request is “Write that down.” Or she’ll ask, “Are you writing this down?”
Contact Susan. What have you got to lose but an hour of your time? You might come away with that sticky place all unstuck.
My Journey
GRADUATE CAREER TIMELINE
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1994
Completed Master’s in Communication Studies at UT Austin.
1998
Started working as undergraduate academic advisor in the Communication Studies Department at UT Austin.
Graduated with doctoral degree.
2000 and 2002
Received the James W. Vick Excellence Award in Academic Advising from Texas Exes.
Started working as the Graduate Coordinator in the Communication Studies Department at UT Austin.
2004
Graduated from CoachU.
2009 and 2013
Received the Outstanding Graduate Coordinator Award from University of Texas Graduate School.
Retired from UT Austin.
2016 and 2022
Started Corbin Dissertation Coaching and earned ACC credential from International Coaching Federation.
Earned PCC credential from International Coaching Federation.
1994
Completed Master’s in Communication Studies at UT Austin.
1998
Started working as undergraduate academic advisor in the Communication Studies Department at UT Austin.
Graduated with doctoral degree.
2000 and 2002
Received the James W. Vick Excellence Award in Academic Advising from Texas Exes.
Started working as the Graduate Coordinator in the Communication Studies Department at UT Austin.
2004
Graduated from CoachU.
2009 and 2013
Received the Outstanding Graduate Coordinator Award from University of Texas Graduate School.
Retired from UT Austin.
2016 and 2022
Started Corbin Dissertation Coaching and earned ACC credential from International Coaching Federation.
Earned PCC credential from International Coaching Federation.
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I WROTE A BOOK FOR YOU!
Dear Dissertation Writer: Strategies, Stories, & Self-Care Tips to Get Done
Writing a dissertation is a daunting task. Help has arrived. Dear Dissertation Writer: Stories, Strategies, and Self-Care Tips to Get Done includes stories inspired by real graduate students illustrating strategies and self-care tips every dissertation writer needs.
Available in paperback and Kindle. Proceeds from this book will benefit the Susan D. Corbin Graduate Excellence Fund for Communication Studies graduate students.
I WROTE A BOOK FOR YOU!
Dear Dissertation Writer: Strategies, Stories, & Self-Care Tips to Get Done
Writing a dissertation is a daunting task. Help has arrived. Dear Dissertation Writer: Stories, Strategies, and Self-Care Tips to Get Done includes stories inspired by real graduate students illustrating strategies and self-care tips every dissertation writer needs.
Available in paperback and Kindle. Proceeds from this book will benefit the Susan D. Corbin Graduate Fellowship for Communication Studies