Amanda J. Rockinson-Szapkiw is an educator and researcher based in Memphis, TN. Dr. Rockinson-Szapkiw currently serves as an Professor and Doctoral Program Coordinator for a learning design and technology program.

Dr. Rockinson-Szapkiw is committed to ensuring that students have the tools, skills, and knowledge that they need to persist in their degree programs and reach their goals. She helps students succeed and earn the title of “Dr.” Since 2009, Dr. Rockinson-Szapkiw has been assisting graduate and doctoral students in completing their degrees. She has been a consultant, methodologist, instructor, and dissertation chair; and she has mentored masters, PhD, EdD, DBA, and DNP students develop and defend research projects and dissertations using a broad range of quantitative and qualitative methodological specialties (e.g. program evaluation, instrument development, regression modeling, and experimental designs).

Dr.  Rockinson-Szapkiw’s YouTube Channel “The Doctoral Journey” with research and statistic videos has over HALF A MILLION VIDEO VIEWS and counting… Moreover, she maintains a scholarly agenda focused on doctoral persistence. 

In her free time, Dr. Rockinson-Szapkiw likes to run marathons and hike mountains. She has hiked in Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, numerous mountains in the Swiss Alps, and  Mount Kenya.  She believes that successfully completing the doctoral journey is much like hiking and marathon running- you need the right gear and perseverance, taking one step at a time until you reach the finish line or top of the mountain.