In an attempt to reduce the amount of useless information that I posted I had only provided the information that I thought was necessary for my question to be answered accurately. However, given how this has spiraled into a huge debate with me being a fictitious troll I guess I will inform the readers of Ecolog about my life story.
I finished my MS at Ball State last spring. At that time Ball State was working towards converting their EdD program to a PhD program. I enjoyed working with my advisor so I decide to remain at Ball State as an EdD student with the intentions of switching to a PhD when it started. The economy then continued to decline and so did the likelihood of the PhD program becoming a reality. Now here I am a year in on a 4yr EdD program. A program that unlike many of the other EdD programs described allows me to purse research in any direction I want (looking at factors influencing large river cyprinid communities, no research in education). So I posted a question to Ecolog subscribers, because I thought who better to ask than future colleges. I intend to publish, in fact I am coauthor on a couple of published papers and lead author on a paper in the revision stages. Based on the response that I have received it seems that for many subscribers I could publish in ecology twice a year and still be unemployable at a research institution. At this stage in the game I would love to end up working at a university that had a MS program. Stream ecology is my passion and I enjoy research more than teaching, but I thought I may be able to do both with an EdD. I apologize for filling subscribers with numerous emails on a topic that I only expected a handful of responses. I want to thank everyone who has sent me an emails personally (dozens of people). In the future I will and abstain from asking controversial questions (didn't realize this was one). If any one wishes to know more about my situation, please ask. I look forward to seeing many of you this weekend at Early Career Scientist Symposium: Using Phylogenies in Ecology conference at U of M. Jay Beugly Current EdD student Ball State University
