Prepare to Chair: Leading the Dissertation and Thesis Process

Gretchen Oltman; Jeanne L. Surface; Kay Keiser

doi:10.5771/9781475842630

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Edition: 1/2019
Copyright year: 2019
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-4261-6
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-4263-0
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 150
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. 1. Kay’s Story No access
  2. Gretchen’s Story No access
  3. Jeanne’s Story No access
  4. Some Helpful Definitions for this Book No access
  5. How to Use this Book No access
1. Case Study—Part 1 No access
2. 1. Who Is the Student? No access
3. 2. What are the Institution’s Expectations of a Chair? No access
4. 3. Where Can I Find Policies and Procedures Regarding the Process? No access
5. 4. Who Can I Turn to for Help? No access
6. 5. In What Form or Format Does a Thesis or Dissertation Need to Be at This University? No access
7. 6. How Do I Know What I Don’t Know? (and What If Someone Finds Out What I Don’t Know?) No access
8. 7. Does the Methodology and Topic the Student Hopes to Use Fit My Expertise? No access
9. 8. Do I Have Time for This? No access
10. 9. Do I Want to Do This? No access
11. 10. What Am I Bringing From My Own Experiences Into This? No access
1. Case Study—Part 2 No access
2. The Importance to the Student No access
3. The Importance to the Institution No access
4. The Importance to the Field of Study No access
5. The Importance to the Chair No access
6. The Chair as Leader No access
7. Points to Consider No access
1. Case Study—Part 3 No access
2. A Committee as an Organization No access
3. Forming a Committee No access
4. Norming the Group No access
5. Performing the Defense No access
6. Publishing and Presenting No access
7. Points to Consider No access
1. Case Study—Part 4 No access
2. Comfort the Afflicted No access
3. Afflict the Comfortable No access
4. Criteria to Set as Ground Rules No access
5. Impact of the Method on the Journey No access
6. Points to Consider No access
1. Case Study—Part 5 No access
2. Setting Up Student/Chair Communication No access
3. Helping Students Understand the Timing of the Process No access
4. The Chair’s Workload No access
5. Tears and Fears No access
6. Critical Feedback or Coaching? No access
7. Shouldn’t the Student Already Know This? No access
8. Points to Consider No access
1. Case Study—Part 6 No access
2. The Mental Health Crisis Among Graduate Students No access
3. Encouraging Self-Care No access
4. Practice Makes Perfect No access
5. Points to Consider No access
1. Case Study—Part 7 No access
2. Guiding Student Writing No access
3. Organization No access
4. The Concrete Plan No access
5. The Preproposal (or Prospectus) No access
6. Building Habits with Online Tools No access
7. Tighten It Up No access
8. Emptying the Trash No access
9. Using Professional Voice No access
10. Plagiarism No access
11. The Internet and Other Writing Temptations No access
12. Synthesis No access
13. Revision No access
14. Stepping Away from the Paper No access
15. Points to Consider No access
1. Case Study—Part 8 No access
2. Building Relationship Through Understanding Style No access
3. Threatened Intent and Emerging Conflicts No access
4. Look in the Mirror No access
5. Data or Topic Dilemmas No access
6. Points to Consider No access
1. Case Study—Part 9 No access
2. Student/Faculty Relationship Fallout No access
3. Student Failure to Complete Within a Designated Time Frame No access
4. Conflicts of Ownership and Authorship No access
5. Plagiarism No access
6. Points to Consider No access
1. Case Study—Part 10 No access
2. Preparing for the Defense Meeting No access
3. A Typical Committee Meeting No access
4. Handling Committee Questions No access
5. The Power of “I Don’t Know” No access
6. The Decision No access
7. Celebrating Success No access
8. Addressing Failure No access
9. Publication and Shared Authorship No access
10. Points to Consider No access
1. Case Study—Part 11 No access
2. Misstep #1: Make Everything into a Battle No access
3. Misstep #2: Repeat the Same Conflict, Repeatedly No access
4. Misstep #3: Rely on Your Memory No access
5. Misstep #4: Avoid Issues With a Pocket Veto No access
6. Misstep #5: Let Them Guess When or Whether They Will Get Feedback No access
7. Misstep #6: Be Reluctant to Say NO to a Student No access
8. Misstep #7: Be the Grammar Sheriff No access
9. Misstep #8. Use Jargon, Vague Terms, Sarcasm, and Conflicting Directions So Students Have to Rewrite and Revise Repeatedly No access
10. Misstep #9: Ignore Problems No access
11. Misstep #10: Talk Down Other Faculty Members No access
12. Misstep #11: Take Advantage of Students and Junior Faculty No access
13. Misstep #12: Become Too Friendly or Too Close to the Student No access
14. Misstep #13: Assume the University Will Cover You, So Don’t Watch Your Back No access
15. Misstep #14: Pretend That You Do Not Make Mistakes No access
16. Steps in the Right Direction No access
17. Points to Consider No access
References No access Pages 137 - 140
Index No access Pages 141 - 148
About the Authors No access Pages 149 - 150