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Dissertation Solutions
A Concise Guide to Planning, Implementing, and Surviving the Dissertation Process
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2012
Summary
New graduate students are often unaware of the many hazards and pitfalls that occur during the dissertation process: intensive schedules, dwindling motivation, difficult or unavailable mentors, and research and publication complications. Lacking the experience and wherewithal to successfully overcome or avoid these impetuses for derailment, many students are unable to complete the dissertation process, losing sight somewhere in between reading, studying, collecting data, and writing a thesis.
Based on the authors’ inside knowledge and extensive experience, Dissertation Solutions provides graduate students with the basic tools and skills to help them navigate the whole process with minimal damage, making the whole process of planning, researching, and writing more manageable. This thorough, but concise guide will help even the most naïve graduate student become experts in navigating and surviving their graduate experiences. Outlining the dissertation process, explaining the key players involved, and offering advice to help complete any research project, this book will also provide overwhelmed, intimidated, or just reluctant students with the motivation required to complete this arduous project.
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Copyright year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-1-61048-867-9
ISBN-Online
978-1-61048-868-6
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
171
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 1: It Isn’t Simply Hazing No access
Chapter 2: The Dissertation Process No access
Chapter 3: Don’t Fear Starting No access
Chapter 4: Get It Out of the Box—Work on It Early and Often No access
Chapter 5: Work Ahead No access
Chapter 6: Back It Up No access
Chapter 7: Use Coursework Strategically No access
Chapter 8: Read Journals andAttend Conferences Aggressively No access
Chapter 9: Investigating Faculty Members’ Research No access
Chapter 10: Save the Nobel Prize for Later No access
Chapter 11: Concurrent and Absentee Data Collection No access
Chapter 12: Archival Data Collection No access
Chapter 13: Maximizing Flexibility No access
Chapter 14: Locale and Availability of Data Collection No access
Chapter 15: The Financial Pain of Research No access
Chapter 16: Selecting Your Adviser No access
Chapter 17: Selecting Other Committee Members (Part I) . . . Choose Whom You Know No access
Chapter 18: Selecting Other Committee Members (Part II) . . . Know Whom You Choose No access
Chapter 19: Marriages Are for People,Not Work Products No access
Chapter 20: The Runaround and Getting Your Ducks in a Row No access
Chapter 21: The Human Investigation Committee and the Institutional Review Board Hurdle No access
Chapter 22: Managing Anxiety No access
Chapter 23: Managing Indifference No access
Chapter 24: Managing Lunacy No access
Chapter 25: No Surprises—Certainly Not During the Proposal or Defense Meetings No access
Chapter 26: Preparing for the Defense No access
Chapter 27: You Know More Than You Believe You Know No access
Chapter 28: The Ruler Lady No access
Chapter 29: Authorship No access
Chapter 30: Finding a Journal No access
Chapter 31: The Reviewers Said What? No access
Chapter 32: Editors and Reviewers Are People, Too No access
Chapter 33: Making a Team No access
Chapter 34: Who Is Doing What on the Project? No access
Chapter 35: Congratulations! You Did It! Now, Where Do You Go from Here? No access
References No access Pages 165 - 166
Recommended Resources No access Pages 167 - 168
About the Authors No access Pages 169 - 170
Other Titles of Interest No access Pages 171 - 171
