Dear Karen,
While the list was initially established for people with an interest in
doctoral education and research training as well as broader topics in
design research, there is no requirement that members have a PhD. Since
at least 30% to 40% are doctoral students who have not yet completed a
PhD and a great many more are researchers in industry or professional
practitioners, it seems to me that at least half the list members do not
have a PhD.
If I read your second post correctly, you’ve occasionally received
rude off-list comments focused on the fact that you don’t have a PhD.
It’s sad that such things happen, but all of us have received crank
notes criticizing us for one reason or another. My advice? Save the
notes if you like, but don’t pay much attention to them. This is
generally a good list and most of the subscribers are nice people –
even when we disagree with each other.
You can do me a favor, though. Please discard the “Re: Learning how
to write from Ken” subject header. That’s another thread. Unless
people who have taken my research writing seminars actually want to talk
about “Learning how to write from Ken,” I’d be pleased to see
another header for other posts.
Yours,
Ken
Professor Ken Friedman, PhD, DSc (hc), FDRS | University Distinguished
Professor | Dean, Faculty of Design | Swinburne University of Technology
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9214 6078 | Faculty www.swinburne.edu.au/design
Karen Fu wrote:
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But is this list only for PhD holders? It is a PhD list discussing
research topics. I have been (and I believe that a good number of the
members on the list are non-PhD holders) here for around a decade with
intially contributing my thoughts on a some threads.
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[2]
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Probably thats one of the reasons why I sometimes receive emails about
me with no PhD. Believe me there are a few people who have done that
kind of attacks.
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