1995-2001 UW Alumni 
(Residing in the Puget Sound area) Survey

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Alumni Survey Instument

Please take a moment to complete the following survey and response card (optional) and return them in the provided return envelope by May 17. The survey can be completed in approximately five minutes. You do not have to answer every question, and your responses will be held in the strictest confidence. We have numerically coded the surveys being sent out so that we can send notices to those who haven’t responded and thereby increase the response rate; however, the codes will be destroyed after the surveys are collected. A response card is enclosed for the contact information requested in question #11. 

1. In what academic discipline (field) did you receive your Ph.D.?

2. Please indicate the sector in which you are currently employed.

___ Business/industry
___ Government agency
___ National laboratory
___ Non-profit organization 
___ Medical facility
___ Research-intensive academic institution
___ Teaching-intensive academic institution (liberal arts college, Master’s-granting institution,        community college)
___ Elementary or secondary school (K-12)
___ Self-employed
___ Other: please specify _____________________________________________

3. To what extent did earning a Ph.D. make a difference in your career?

    Circle the best response

1          2          3          4          5

No                                     Impossible

Difference                            to do without

4. Are you still as passionate now as an alumna/alumnus about your field of study as when you 
    were involved in your doctoral studies?

1          2          3          4          5

Not                                        Very 

Passionate                               Passionate

5. In your current career, how do you participate as a scholar in your field? Check all that apply.

___ Teaching
___ Publishing
___ Research
___ Non-profit work
___ Community service
___ Public speaking
___ I no longer participate as a scholar in my particular field
___ Other, please specify ___________________________________

6. Beyond your professional career, in what ways are you able to use your scholarly expertise to 
    contribute to society or to your community?





7. Which of the following classes, programs, training, seminars, and/or activities were provided to you     during your Ph.D. experience to prepare you for your professional life? Check all that apply.

___ Dissertation planning/writing
___ Grant writing 
___ Pedagogical training
___ Publishing experience
___ Diversity in the workplace
___ Vita preparation writing, networking, job interviewing skills, etc. for academic career options
___ Resume preparation, networking, job interviewing skills, etc. for non-academic career options
___ Opportunity to participate in university/departmental governance
___ Leadership/management training
___ Interdisciplinary work
___ Cross-cultural/international experiences
___ Technology training 
___ Externships/internships
___ Mentoring 
___ Civic uses of scholarship 
___ Other, please specify ___________________________

8. Which of the previously marked (in question 7) classes, programs, training, seminars, and/or 
activities provided to you during your Ph.D. experience were particularly helpful in preparing you 
for your career?

___ Dissertation planning/writing
___ Grant writing 
___ Pedagogical training
___ Publishing experience
___ Diversity in the workplace
___ Vita preparation writing, networking, job interviewing skills, etc. for academic career options
___ Resume preparation, networking, job interviewing skills, etc. for non-academic career options
___ Opportunity to participate in university/ departmental governance
___ Leadership/management training
___ Interdisciplinary work
___ Cross-cultural/international experiences
___ Technology training 
___ Externships/internships
___ Mentoring 
___ Civic uses of scholarship 
___ Other, please specify ___________________________

9. What classes, programs, training, seminars, and/or activities that would have better prepared you for
    your career were not provided to you during your Ph.D. experience? Check all that apply.

___ Dissertation planning/writing
___ Grant writing 
___ Pedagogical training
___ Publishing experience
___ Diversity in the workplace
___ Vita preparation writing, networking, job interviewing skills, etc. for academic career options
___ Resume preparation, networking, job interviewing skills, etc. for non-academic career options
___ Opportunity to participate in university/ departmental governance
___ Leadership/management training
___ Interdisciplinary work
___ Cross-cultural/international experiences
___ Technology training 
___ Externships/internships
___ Mentoring 
___ Civic uses of scholarship 
___ Other, please specify ___________________________

10. What types of professional role(s) do you enjoy taking on? Check all that apply.

___ Mentor
___ Teacher 
___ Researcher
___ Administrator
___ Manager
___ Collaborator
___ Other, please specify _______________________________

11. Would you be willing to interact with doctoral students at the University of Washington?

___ Yes  If Yes, please provide contact information on enclosed response card and return with                questionnaire. 

___ No

12. Will you allow your responses to be aggregated and used anonymously for research? Note: you 
      will not be identified individually in any research results.

___ Yes
___ No

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!!!