Dr. Heather Buschmann
Founder, Academic Phoenix Protocol™, LLC
About the Founder
Doctor of Philosophy in Education
Published academic scholar in ProQuest (dissertation database), Google Scholar, a peer-reviewed journal, and editorial board for Web of Science Clarivate (leading academic indexing service).
Master's in Curriculum & Instruction
Advanced training in educational methodology, assessment design, and instructional systems.
25 Years in K-12 Education
Extensive hands-on experience with academic project management, student success strategies, intervention design, and systematic problem-solving in educational contexts.
This combination—deep academic training plus decades of practical educational experience—allows for understanding both the theoretical aspects of research design and the real-world factors that cause projects to stall.
Why "Academic Phoenix Protocol"?
Every word in this name carries meaning:
Academic
My grounding in education, scholarship, and research.
Phoenix
Rebirth, transformation, and rising stronger — perfect for my mission of helping research and scholars renew and evolve.
Protocol
Method, structure, and process — that's my analytical, PhD-trained approach speaking.
Integrated, these elements form a framework for intellectual and personal transformation — grounded in truth, built for renewal.
What My PhD Really Means
Having a PhD in Education — a Doctor of Philosophy — means I've been trained not just to know things, but to question, analyze, and understand how knowledge and systems work. That's what philosophers do, and especially philosophers in education.
That philosophical training is what makes Academic Phoenix Protocol more than just a service. It's what allows me to offer:
- Ethical clarity — I'm honest about viability, offering truth with respect.
- Systemic insight — I analyze the structural and institutional factors that cause dissertations to stall or stop.
That's the philosopher in me — and it's what makes this more than a service. It's a protocol for truth and renewal in scholarship.
More Than a Service: A Protocol for Truth
The Academic Phoenix Protocol helps you understand what happened to your dissertation and determines realistic options for moving forward.
Whether your project can be resurrected, modified, or needs to be formally closed, you deserve structured, evidence-based analysis of what went wrong.
Mission
Research that was abandoned will be resurrected. Important contributions to scholarship will be saved. Academic Phoenix Protocol keeps knowledge alive worldwide.
Philosophy
Honest assessment matters. Not every dissertation can be saved, and that's okay. But you deserve to know the truth about your project's viability, delivered with respect and clarity.
Research is critical to any field.
What's Lost When Dissertations Are Abandoned
- Lost scholarship. These aren't just abandoned academic exercises—they're research projects with valuable insights about education, healthcare, social policy, technology, and dozens of other fields.
- Lost contributions. Every unfinished dissertation represents knowledge that could have informed practice, shaped policy, or advanced understanding in its field.
Academic Phoenix Protocol wants to keep your research alive.
Academic Phoenix Protocol is a research analysis and recovery firm specializing in dissertation postmortem and revival — combining scholarly rigor with philosophical insight.