Sally Jensen Email and Phone Number

Dr. Sally launched dissertationdoctor.com in 1997 to help doctoral students achieve their goals. Since then she has coached over 200 dissertation writers to complete their degrees and advance their careers. In 2009, she founded Academic Coaching and Writing (ACW) to support graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty members, and administrators to advance their academic dreams; to create a community to help these academics overcome isolation; and to empower them with the tools they need to succeed. Dr. Sally listens to academics to co-create with them a vision of their academic dream. Then she assists them determine the steps needed to successfully reach their goals, and supports them on the lonely academic journey. Dr. Sally is a Master Certified Coach (MCC) and encourages ACW writing and research consultants to combine their consulting expertise with a coaching approach to working with academic writers. Dr. Sally’s graduate training is in educational psychology with specializations in research design, cognitive psychology, and developmental psychology. She is experienced in the use of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Dr. Sally’s dissertation research was interdisciplinary, drawing on research in education, psychology, anthropology, computer science, and geography. Before launching her academic coaching enterprises, Dr. Sally held research appointments at the Salk Institute and at the University of California-Santa Barbara. She also worked as an Associate Professor in a graduate program in Education in a small liberal arts setting. Dr. Sally received her BA from Middlebury College and both her MA and PhD from the University of California-Santa Barbara.