At certain points during a student's PhD Career, it may become necessary for a student to change their PhD Supervisor. A student is free to change their PhD Supervisor without retaliation. Professors understand that students sometimes change their PhD Supervisors. Making an appointment to have a confidential discussion with the Graduate Advising Team about possibly changing your PhD Supervisor as soon as you begin thinking about it is a wise choice. Having assurance can relieve unnecessary stress and give you confidence about your decision to proceed, to wait, or to remain with your current PhD Supervisor.
For students that find themselves in this situation, we ask that you do the following steps...
1) Please contact our Graduate Program Administrator Tom Atchity (tom.atchity@austin.utexas.edu) once you determine that you will be changing supervisors. Tom will schedule a brief in-person appointment with you to chat about next steps.
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