When you have a DISSERTATION TO FINISH, you need to know you are in the hands ofA COACH YOU CAN TRUST



My name is Dr. Jen Harrison, and my job is to help you get past the dissertation finish line!
I earned my PhD in 2009 from the University of Wales, and since then I have worked in academia as a professor, writing instructor, and published researcher at a number of institutions worldwide, including the University of Wales, Birkbeck College London, and East Stroudsburg University.
As well as publishing books and articles in my own field (children’s literature), I have served as an editor and reviewer for a number of peer-reviewed publications, as well as freelancing as an academic editor.
Each year, I have help more than 30 graduate students successfully finish their degrees. Can I help you finish your dissertation successfully? The qualifications below speak for themselves…
And When I'm Not Helping You Crush Your Dissertation Goals?
Well, I’m a mom of two boys, and minder (to date) of two cats and one betta fish. I drink gallons of tea and am addicted to very creamy, very sugary instant coffee.
In my spare time I’m a boxer, knitter, sewer, book-binder, (bad) guitar player, and (worse) gardener. In other words, I am distracted by every new hobby I see.
I live in the wild woods of Pennsylvania, and wear very sensible shoes. And I’m always thrilled to meet new students.

Quality Dissertation Support Depends on Academic Experience.
Browse my CV and certificates below for details of my experience in:
Graduate teaching | Academic writing and publishing | Online teaching | Writing instruction









Milton Marcelo
"I definitely recommend her for anyone who needs a high quality and thorough service. It turns out that I got a First Class grade and she is part of this achievement. Thank you very much, Jen."

Janice Domaschenz
"I am glad I found Jen! She helps hold me accountable and collaborates with me to set clear expectations. She offered sound suggestions that helped improve my quality of work. I love that our sessions are recorded, and I can access them anytime."

Megan Smith
“Students seem to genuinely appreciate that she cares and wants them to improve and teach them life skills to succeed. Jen's emotional intelligence is enormous and she is incredibly dedicated..”

Holly Wells
“Jen worked quickly and efficiently, communicating regularly whenever she had a question, and I appreciated her diligence and care.”

Monica
“Kind, honest, very knowledgeable, and doesn't make me feel bad about not being a great writer. I always felt encouraged and pushed myself to write better. Her recommendations and edits contributed to my greatest success, and that was obtaining my doctoral. I would have not make it this far without Dr. Harrison's help.”

Angie
“Thoughtful, dedicated attention. Jen was 1000% "in it" with me. I am blown away by and indebted to my time working with Dr. Harrison.”

Gray
“There is no way to describe how effective and supportive Dr. Jen is. She helped me get back on track with my dissertation and wouldn't let me give up. I'm so thankful that she worked with me.”

Reham Fahad
"I highly recommend that any graduate student works with Dr. Harrison; she will help you to arrive at your defense day sooner and with confidence!"

Teyana
“I can't tell you how happy i am with my progress … this is the most progress I have made in almost over a year … I’m stunned!”

Danielle
"Jen is so amazingly supportive. There were times during the process in which I felt very defeated and unmotivated and she was right there to give me the push that I needed to push forward. I really enjoyed her weekly emails checking in on my dissertation progress. She was very knowledgable regarding the various aspects of the dissertation process."

Kirsty
"Dr Harrison kept me on track so many times when I could have quit. Her regular contact, sensible advice and kind manner helped me to see the light at the end of the tunnel."

Daniel
"Her competence was evident in every conversation, beginning when I first contacted her because I was stuck on my second dissertation chapter. I was struggling because my writing processes had been sufficient for writing quality papers but not for a dissertation. Dr. Harrison helped me rework my outlining and writing methods, and I went from spinning my wheels for an entire year on my second chapter before contacting her to finishing that chapter and completing my PhD in the following year. She was very effective, encouraging, and easy to work with."

Ruth Sultana
"Dr. Harrison met me where I was at and supported me with various strategies to keep my thesis moving forward."

Shantelle
"She is very friendly, skilled and provided solid guidance. She is awesome."

Ashley
"She provided clarity and helped me to work through my thesis in digestible chunks. She personable and supportive of other ideas I wanted to incorporate, and she’s able to deeply empathize with the stress that often comes with completing a thesis or dissertation. She’s amazing and I highly recommend her services!"

Shahlaine
Working with Dr. Jen has been an absolute game-changer for me. Her deep understanding, kind demeanor, and remarkable expertise made all the difference when I was feeling completely lost and stuck. She took the time to review what I had already accomplished and skillfully rearranged things to create better flow, which gave me the encouragement and motivation I desperately needed to keep going.

Allyson Bazer
"Working with Dr. Jen for just a few hours had a profound impact on how I prepared for my defense. She offered invaluable resources and guidance that helped me approach the big day with both efficiency and confidence. I learned not only what steps to take but also how to manage my time effectively throughout the process. One of the most meaningful takeaways was her emphasis on self-compassion. She encouraged intentional rest and reminded me to trust in my readiness. I highly recommend the Defense Training Course with Dr. Jen and Read Write Perfect. Dr. Jen is incredibly kind and genuinely committed to helping women feel prepared, confident, and empowered to succeed on their defense day!"

Katreace
"Dr. Harrison taught me interventions to manage my time constraints, personal habits, and demands of both school and my career."

Lauren
"Dr. Jen did an awesome job to get me back on track, identify areas for improvement, and stay focused throughout the writing process. Her insightful guidance ensured that I completed my dissertation on time."

Emily
"She is so incredibly efficient with the time you spend together. Her ideas and help is endless! Worth every penny! "

Sirena
"I was so desperate … but I believe in divine alignment, and it worked. Your coaching works!"

Edson
"Her responsiveness, professionalism, and commitment to academic excellence significantly enhanced the quality of my dissertation. I highly recommend Dr. Jen for candidates seeking comprehensive, thoughtful, and high-quality dissertation review support."

Janice
"She makes you feel like you're her most important client every time, every session, every email."

Chantelle
"Thank you so much for everything! The help and support you provided me was invaluable and propelled me forward from a paralyzing stagnant spot I had been in for months … The work you're doing brings so much empowerment to an often demoralizing academic space."

Abla
"Your comment made me feel seen, validated, and helped me reframe my mindset. It helped me stop being so hard on myself … I hope you know your encouragement really means a lot to me. I truly respect you, and your opinion. I appreciate your efforts from the bottom of my heart. Working with you feels like hope to me, and hope is what keeps me going, and accomplishing the seemingly impossible. So thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Coreen
"Your support, communication, understanding throughout and all the way has had a big and positive impact. I'm very grateful. I would not hesitate to work with you again, and would recommend you in a heartbeat to anyone I know needing thesis coaching."

Shantelle
"So my defense was yesterday. I had two weeks notice and I was so stressed out. The results are that I passed my defense with minor changes. Thanks to you because without you I would not have made it this far at all. I will definitely recommend you to anyone else that may be pursuing a PhD or conducting research."

Hannah
"I found Dr. Harrison and the co-writing group in the final year of my PhD, and my only wish is that I'd found it sooner! It provided an invaluable online writing space and community, which saw me through the final and most difficult year of thesis writing. A huge thank you to Dr Harrison and all my scholarly sisters for the accountability and companionship!"

Lazarus
"I was wrestling with my dissertation for years when I finally broke down and sought outside help. I struggled to find a coach who made me feel safe or comfortable enough as a queer and trans person using auto-ethnography, mining some of my most challenging moments to piece together my argument. Jen has provided a safe space to land and has quickly and kindly helped me untangle the knots that kept me from progressing with my dissertation. I feel confident in the direction my dissertation is going and recommend her quick mind and gentle hand to anyone in my community stuck in the mud with their dissertation.

Rozita
"Thank you Dr. Jen. You were a source of confidence, calm and encouragement in the beginnings of this journey. I was overwhelmed at times and your approach became a solace for me. I appreciate your role through my journey as an educator, coach, and confidant."

Shachi
"Thank you so much for sharing your feedback so quickly … Your insights, suggestions and comments are super helpful for me and they are helping me see many of the blind spots that I missed. Your feedback is also helping to clarify and strengthen the rationale of the draft, and convey its meaning more effectively to the reader."

Rita
"I enjoyed being with a like-minded community to learn with and from. Writing my dissertation has been a lonely and an overwhelming process that has me feeling stuck! I really enjoyed this workshop. The discussion topics, class interaction and the shared knowledge were encouraging and thought-provoking. You're awesome and your service has helped me tremendously to stay on track."

Rebekah
"This has been so helpful! I feel so much more focused and encouraged. This has been confidence building!"

Tammy Nelson
"I really appreciate what you do, because I don't think that people really understand we do need the support and sometimes our advisors just aren't equipped to be able to provide that."

Francisca
"I knew I needed some extra help, so I reached out to Dr. Jen, and it's been absolutely amazing. It has made such a difference, I cannot recommend it high enough!"

Sangita
"You may not have your chair consistently meeting with you, but when you've got Dr Harrison on your side, she holds your hand throughout the entire process. She makes sure that you never feel that you're in it alone."

Regina
"Dr Jen has made this arduous process very, very engaging, collaborative, and helpful in times when it's really isolating and you really don't know what direction you want to go in. She has really assisted with every portion. She has been the best dissertation doctoral coach I have ever experienced!"

Dr. Nia Bailey
"Dr. Jen is absolutely amazing. She has been so kind to me because there's been so many times where I'm frustrated and she continues continuously grounds me. She walks me through the process and she actually believes in the work and I think that's what makes the biggest difference about Dr. Jen."

Milton Marcelo
"I definitely recommend her for anyone who needs a high quality and thorough service. It turns out that I got a First Class grade and she is part of this achievement. Thank you very much, Jen."

Janice Domaschenz
"I am glad I found Jen! She helps hold me accountable and collaborates with me to set clear expectations. She offered sound suggestions that helped improve my quality of work. I love that our sessions are recorded, and I can access them anytime."

Megan Smith
“Students seem to genuinely appreciate that she cares and wants them to improve and teach them life skills to succeed. Jen's emotional intelligence is enormous and she is incredibly dedicated..”

Holly Wells
“Jen worked quickly and efficiently, communicating regularly whenever she had a question, and I appreciated her diligence and care.”

Monica
“Kind, honest, very knowledgeable, and doesn't make me feel bad about not being a great writer. I always felt encouraged and pushed myself to write better. Her recommendations and edits contributed to my greatest success, and that was obtaining my doctoral. I would have not make it this far without Dr. Harrison's help.”

Angie
“Thoughtful, dedicated attention. Jen was 1000% "in it" with me. I am blown away by and indebted to my time working with Dr. Harrison.”

Gray
“There is no way to describe how effective and supportive Dr. Jen is. She helped me get back on track with my dissertation and wouldn't let me give up. I'm so thankful that she worked with me.”

Reham Fahad
"I highly recommend that any graduate student works with Dr. Harrison; she will help you to arrive at your defense day sooner and with confidence!"

Teyana
“I can't tell you how happy i am with my progress … this is the most progress I have made in almost over a year … I’m stunned!”

Danielle
"Jen is so amazingly supportive. There were times during the process in which I felt very defeated and unmotivated and she was right there to give me the push that I needed to push forward. I really enjoyed her weekly emails checking in on my dissertation progress. She was very knowledgable regarding the various aspects of the dissertation process."

Kirsty
"Dr Harrison kept me on track so many times when I could have quit. Her regular contact, sensible advice and kind manner helped me to see the light at the end of the tunnel."

Daniel
"Her competence was evident in every conversation, beginning when I first contacted her because I was stuck on my second dissertation chapter. I was struggling because my writing processes had been sufficient for writing quality papers but not for a dissertation. Dr. Harrison helped me rework my outlining and writing methods, and I went from spinning my wheels for an entire year on my second chapter before contacting her to finishing that chapter and completing my PhD in the following year. She was very effective, encouraging, and easy to work with."

Ruth Sultana
"Dr. Harrison met me where I was at and supported me with various strategies to keep my thesis moving forward."

Shantelle
"She is very friendly, skilled and provided solid guidance. She is awesome."

Ashley
"She provided clarity and helped me to work through my thesis in digestible chunks. She personable and supportive of other ideas I wanted to incorporate, and she’s able to deeply empathize with the stress that often comes with completing a thesis or dissertation. She’s amazing and I highly recommend her services!"

Shahlaine
Working with Dr. Jen has been an absolute game-changer for me. Her deep understanding, kind demeanor, and remarkable expertise made all the difference when I was feeling completely lost and stuck. She took the time to review what I had already accomplished and skillfully rearranged things to create better flow, which gave me the encouragement and motivation I desperately needed to keep going.

Allyson Bazer
"Working with Dr. Jen for just a few hours had a profound impact on how I prepared for my defense. She offered invaluable resources and guidance that helped me approach the big day with both efficiency and confidence. I learned not only what steps to take but also how to manage my time effectively throughout the process. One of the most meaningful takeaways was her emphasis on self-compassion. She encouraged intentional rest and reminded me to trust in my readiness. I highly recommend the Defense Training Course with Dr. Jen and Read Write Perfect. Dr. Jen is incredibly kind and genuinely committed to helping women feel prepared, confident, and empowered to succeed on their defense day!"

Katreace
"Dr. Harrison taught me interventions to manage my time constraints, personal habits, and demands of both school and my career."

Lauren
"Dr. Jen did an awesome job to get me back on track, identify areas for improvement, and stay focused throughout the writing process. Her insightful guidance ensured that I completed my dissertation on time."

Emily
"She is so incredibly efficient with the time you spend together. Her ideas and help is endless! Worth every penny! "

Sirena
"I was so desperate … but I believe in divine alignment, and it worked. Your coaching works!"

Edson
"Her responsiveness, professionalism, and commitment to academic excellence significantly enhanced the quality of my dissertation. I highly recommend Dr. Jen for candidates seeking comprehensive, thoughtful, and high-quality dissertation review support."

Janice
"She makes you feel like you're her most important client every time, every session, every email."

Chantelle
"Thank you so much for everything! The help and support you provided me was invaluable and propelled me forward from a paralyzing stagnant spot I had been in for months … The work you're doing brings so much empowerment to an often demoralizing academic space."

Abla
"Your comment made me feel seen, validated, and helped me reframe my mindset. It helped me stop being so hard on myself … I hope you know your encouragement really means a lot to me. I truly respect you, and your opinion. I appreciate your efforts from the bottom of my heart. Working with you feels like hope to me, and hope is what keeps me going, and accomplishing the seemingly impossible. So thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Coreen
"Your support, communication, understanding throughout and all the way has had a big and positive impact. I'm very grateful. I would not hesitate to work with you again, and would recommend you in a heartbeat to anyone I know needing thesis coaching."

Shantelle
"So my defense was yesterday. I had two weeks notice and I was so stressed out. The results are that I passed my defense with minor changes. Thanks to you because without you I would not have made it this far at all. I will definitely recommend you to anyone else that may be pursuing a PhD or conducting research."

Hannah
"I found Dr. Harrison and the co-writing group in the final year of my PhD, and my only wish is that I'd found it sooner! It provided an invaluable online writing space and community, which saw me through the final and most difficult year of thesis writing. A huge thank you to Dr Harrison and all my scholarly sisters for the accountability and companionship!"

Lazarus
"I was wrestling with my dissertation for years when I finally broke down and sought outside help. I struggled to find a coach who made me feel safe or comfortable enough as a queer and trans person using auto-ethnography, mining some of my most challenging moments to piece together my argument. Jen has provided a safe space to land and has quickly and kindly helped me untangle the knots that kept me from progressing with my dissertation. I feel confident in the direction my dissertation is going and recommend her quick mind and gentle hand to anyone in my community stuck in the mud with their dissertation.

Rozita
"Thank you Dr. Jen. You were a source of confidence, calm and encouragement in the beginnings of this journey. I was overwhelmed at times and your approach became a solace for me. I appreciate your role through my journey as an educator, coach, and confidant."

Shachi
"Thank you so much for sharing your feedback so quickly … Your insights, suggestions and comments are super helpful for me and they are helping me see many of the blind spots that I missed. Your feedback is also helping to clarify and strengthen the rationale of the draft, and convey its meaning more effectively to the reader."

Rita
"I enjoyed being with a like-minded community to learn with and from. Writing my dissertation has been a lonely and an overwhelming process that has me feeling stuck! I really enjoyed this workshop. The discussion topics, class interaction and the shared knowledge were encouraging and thought-provoking. You're awesome and your service has helped me tremendously to stay on track."

Rebekah
"This has been so helpful! I feel so much more focused and encouraged. This has been confidence building!"

Tammy Nelson
"I really appreciate what you do, because I don't think that people really understand we do need the support and sometimes our advisors just aren't equipped to be able to provide that."

Francisca
"I knew I needed some extra help, so I reached out to Dr. Jen, and it's been absolutely amazing. It has made such a difference, I cannot recommend it high enough!"

Sangita
"You may not have your chair consistently meeting with you, but when you've got Dr Harrison on your side, she holds your hand throughout the entire process. She makes sure that you never feel that you're in it alone."

Regina
"Dr Jen has made this arduous process very, very engaging, collaborative, and helpful in times when it's really isolating and you really don't know what direction you want to go in. She has really assisted with every portion. She has been the best dissertation doctoral coach I have ever experienced!"

Dr. Nia Bailey
"Dr. Jen is absolutely amazing. She has been so kind to me because there's been so many times where I'm frustrated and she continues continuously grounds me. She walks me through the process and she actually believes in the work and I think that's what makes the biggest difference about Dr. Jen."
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