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Getting Your Dissertation off the Ground Blog Series
- My New Blog Series with Academic Coaching and Writing (ACW)
- VIII. Getting Your Dissertation off the Ground: The Steps to Success
- VII. Getting Your Dissertation off the Ground: Staying Focused
- VI. Getting Your Dissertation off the Ground: Choosing a Method
- V. Getting Your Dissertation off the Ground: Is It a Good Topic?
- IV. Getting Your Dissertation off the Ground: Zooming in on Your Topic
- III. Getting Your Dissertation off the Ground: Becoming a Creative Scholar
- II. Getting Your Dissertation off the Ground: Making the Dissertation Commitment
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VIII. Getting Your Dissertation off the Ground: The Steps to Success
In the previous blogs you have learned how to construct your dissertation topic through eight essential steps. In a future series in this blog you will learn more about selecting an advisor and how important it is to never, ever … Continue reading
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VII. Getting Your Dissertation off the Ground: Staying Focused
Determining the topic of your dissertation is a minefield, or perhaps a “mindfield,” for some students. Many students set off on their dissertation journey to explore new territories but never find the path that leads to a single, manageable destination. … Continue reading
VI. Getting Your Dissertation off the Ground: Choosing a Method
The choice of research methodology is another important step in focusing your dissertation. What type of researcher are you in your heart of hearts? The two most basic research paradigms are the quantitative and qualitative paradigms. Each has its own … Continue reading
V. Getting Your Dissertation off the Ground: Is It a Good Topic?
Every day people write to me asking for help choosing a topic or for my opinion about whether their topic is viable. In the last blog you learned about generating a topic for your dissertation. Once you generate a topic … Continue reading
IV. Getting Your Dissertation off the Ground: Zooming in on Your Topic
The exercises in the previous blogs laid the foundation for your dissertation journey. The next step is narrowing down your research interests. How will you find the topic that’s right for you? When you think about the focus of your … Continue reading
III. Getting Your Dissertation off the Ground: Becoming a Creative Scholar
In the previous blogs, you created a vision inventory, and you made the commitment to set out on the dissertation journey. Writing a dissertation is never easy, but the journey will be full of personal challenge, growth, and excitement. In … Continue reading
II. Getting Your Dissertation off the Ground: Making the Dissertation Commitment
In the last blog, you reflected on how the dissertation fits into your life plan. The next step is to make a formal commitment to do what it takes to complete your dissertation. What is your attitude about doing a … Continue reading
I. Getting Your Dissertation off the Ground: Taking Inventory
Welcome to my blog series! Over the course of the next eight weeks, I will lay out a program to help you launch your dissertation. This series will be aimed at those who have completed their course work and are … Continue reading
Inspiring Summer Reading
bird by bird Some Instructions on Writing and Life By Anne Lamott 237 pp. Anchor Books. $12.95. It can be a huge challenge to sit down and write. Summer is especially difficult because the weather outside is so inviting. Everyone … Continue reading
Summer Writing Groups
What happens when everyone, including your dissertation advisor, disappears for the summer? For all too many students I have known, this is the time when they feel most isolated and alone. When the weather is nice and the outside beckons, … Continue reading