🎓 We’re Not Stopping Until You’re PhDone

You don't need more research tips, writing advice, or theoretical frameworks. You need structured support and accountability. The PhDone Completion Program gives you the tools to stop procrastinating and take meaningful action on your dissertation every day.

Transform Your PhD Journey

You’ve Got

  • A folder full of productivity apps

  • 27 different writing schedules

  • Countless "dissertation tips" bookmarked

  • Zero finished chapters

Sound Familiar? →

Why You're Still Stuck

All those tools and tips focus on the wrong thing: perfection over progress.

You don't need another writing template. You don't need another time management app. You need the support and structure to actually write your dissertation.

Meet your PhDone Coaches

Dr. Khalia Ii is a scholar, educator, and coach with over 15 years of leadership in higher education. She earned her Ph.D. in Leadership Studies from the University of San Diego, where her research explored the transformative power of digital letter-writing as a liberatory practice for Black women. Grounded in Black feminist and womanist traditions, her work centers on healing, reflection, and creating culturally affirming spaces.

Dr. Ii’s professional experience spans student affairs, academic leadership, and teaching, with a focus on mentoring and developing equitable programs that empower underrepresented students and professionals. She was honored as a Contemplative Social Justice Scholar by the Center of Contemplative Mind in Society in recognition of her commitment to equity and inclusion.

A passionate community builder and reflective practitioner, Dr. Ii integrates care-centered practices and storytelling into her coaching, helping doctoral students thrive and complete their degrees with intention and support.

  • Fresh from the PhD trenches (AHRC-funded, Royal Holloway, 2023)

  • Now: Turning dissertations from stuck to submitted

  • Specialty: Making complex academic writing actually happen

  • 15+ years turning PhD dreams into PhD degrees

  • Recognized Social Justice Scholar

  • Specialty: Helping you find your voice while keeping your sanity

Dr Polly Hember is a writer, researcher and visiting lecturer working on twentieth century literature and film. She completed her AHRC funded PhD at Royal Holloway, University of London in 2023 and currently teaches at Royal Holloway and the University of Bristol.  

Her doctoral research explored the work of the modernist collective named ‘the POOL group’ and their queer affective network. Her work sits at the intersection of literary modernist studies, film, and the history of sexuality. She is working on a monograph, titled ‘The POOL Group: Literature, Film and Intimacy’, alongside her new research project, ‘Modernism’s Networks: The Shapes of Queer Texts and Lives’.  

🎓 phdone completion program

  1. Map your finish line

  2. Build your PhDone writing plan

  3. Determine and set up your success system

Comprehensive 1:1 onboarding

  1. Intentional free writing warm up

  2. Writing Sprints and Breaks

  3. Mindful Reflection

2x Weekly Write In meetings

  1. Sign up for a monthly office hours session with either Polly or Khalia for individual support and guidance

  1. Monthly 1-hour group calls alternating between Dr. Khalia and Dr. Polly

  2. Guided reflection, manifestation and grounding exercises

  3. Space to connect, share wins and work through challenges together

  1. Practical academic workshops customized to your cohort's needs

  2. Topics include viva prep, publishing, supervisor communication, and skills for mental wellbeing

  3. Focus on academic success and wellbeing strategies

Office hours

Monthly group coaching calls

Defense prep & skills based workshops

New phdone dashboard

A complete hub for organising your notes, managing your time, preparing for meetings with your advisor, and prompts/templates for overcoming barriers to focus, motivation & writer’s block

€27.00

Investment

The Monthly Subscription

$5.34 per day

Billed at $175/month
(3 month minimum commitment)

The Quarterly Subscription

$100+ Savings

Billed at $497/quarter

What Our Students Day

  • The PhDone program has completely transformed my approach to my PhD work. The range of tools provided—from the Notion template and one-on-one mentoring to intensive writing labs and supportive community chats—has propelled my progress. I've accomplished more in the past month than I did in the entire last semester! I would wholeheartedly recommend this program to anyone working on any type of PhD project, at any stage. It’s a game changer!

  • As I navigate the final phase of my PhD, the PhDone Program has been an absolute gift. The group catch-ups provide a supportive space to share struggles, exchange advice, and improve goal-setting, while the co-writing sessions help establish productive writing habits. Most importantly, the mentorship— Polly’s generous and kind guidance—has been invaluable in building my confidence, clarifying my thinking and helping me to take deliberate action.

  • I’m incredibly grateful for the PhDone community and for Polly, Khalia, and Kaelyn, who have created such a fantastic program. It arrived in my life at exactly the right time, and I already see significant improvements in my progress and my regained enthusiasm for the PhD.

  • This little community has been a place of support and affirmation. A safe place to come as we are and help each other with all of the messiness that is being a scholar in this time and climate. Especially as a woman.

     

Sign up for PhDone

We accept new students to the program on the last week of each month. In order to join the next intake for PhDone, please fill out the form below and we will notify you of next steps via email.

FAQs

  • The PhDone Dissertation Completion Programme is a Group Coaching service. Led by your coaches, Khalia and Polly, this programme will give you the support, focus and tangible tools you need to get your PhD done. The programme is based around structured writing retreats, individual planning meetings, community coaching calls, and workshops on everything we think you need to focus on your research and thrive. 


    Our ethos is progress over perfection, alongside the steadfast belief that academia doesn’t need to be stressful or isolating. We do the best work when we’re supported, focused and motivated. The PhDone Dissertation Completion Programme is here to help you with your own PhD submission timeline, by providing the space, structure, and support that you need to thrive.

  • Dare I say…”we’re not like other phd coaching programs”?

    Although the PhDone Dissertation Programme includes group coaching calls and individual meetings for support and tailored guidance, it’s so much more expansive than traditional dissertation coaching. This service is grounded in community and will grant you all the tools to complete your PhD: dedicated time and space for writing, support in creating a plan that works for you, tailored skills workshops on topics from wellbeing to prepping for your viva/thesis defense.

    Here at Accepted, we emphasize the importance of community and belonging in order for intellectual growth and curiosity. So as a member of PhDone you will have access to the entire Accepted Scholar’s membership resources (round the clock study sessions, daily writing groups, community spaces, and support groups) in addition to exclusive access to the PhDone programing and direct access to PhDone coaches to help you navigate each step of the process from proposal to PhDone!

  • Khalia and Polly have created this programme based on their own respective PhD journeys and the challenges they’ve faced. They’re enacting the change they want to see in academia, and bringing that to the PhD community. 

    They’ll help you craft your roadmap to get your PhDone, and they’ll lead the writing retreats, group coaching calls, wellbeing workshops and skills-based training, as well as offering weekly ‘office hour’ meetings, to talk through whatever’s on your mind.

  • This programme is made to suit you and your own routine. In our first meeting, we’ll create a plan – your roadmap to get your PhDone – that will be tailored to you and your research project. Within this, you have the opportunity to incorporate the two-hour weekly PhDone Write Ins, the weekly office hour meetings with Khalia or Polly, and the monthly community calls and skills workshops into your plan. You’ll also have access to the Accepted Society’s events, which offer daily co-working study sessions nearly round the clock.

  • Khalia is based in California and Polly is based in the UK, to account for different schedules and time zones. You’ll also have the opportunity to say what times and days work best for your routine in the enrollment period, and we will take these into account when scheduling the writing retreats, coaching calls, office hours and workshops.

  • The PhDone Programme has been created to support and sustain long-term habits, goals and routines. Whether this is the final few months of your submission timeline, or whether you’re halfway through your PhD journey, we believe that three months of structured writing sessions, planning and goal-setting will allow you to begin to see your progress clearly and get you that step closer to the finish line.