Degree Advisor
Degree Advisor can also offer career planning advice. Both you and your advisor are responsible for arranging frequent meetings to accomplish these tasks. You are encouraged to consult with and seek advice from your course instructors and other members of the faculty. The Ph.D. Program Director is also available to assist in advising. Degree Advisor might develop new interests and choose a dissertation topic in which the original advisor has no interest or expertise. Another faculty member may offer multi-year financial support on a new project if you agree to write your dissertation as part of the project. Your advisor may have other responsibilities that suggest someone else might serve you more attentively. Sometimes student and advisor find themselves incompatible in research style, skills, interests, or personalities.