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Demystifying Dissertation Writing Part 1: Chapters 1-5

Posted in Being a scholar, Dissertation, Graduate school, Organization, Reading, Tools, Writing on July 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »

In order to move myself forward on this process I have been reading Demystifying Dissertation Writing:A Streamlined Process from Choice of Topic to Final Text by Peg Boyle Single.  This is a different type of book from many of the other dissertation-writing guides out there, in that it’s goal is to present an organized process [...]

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How I use OneNote for my Dissertation

Posted in Being a scholar, Dissertation, Organization, Productivity, Writing on June 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »

The question came up recently about how I am using OneNote for my dissertation note taking.  Sometimes show is easier than tell. I have one OneNote notebook called Dissertation.  Within it, I have 8 sections: A few things about this: The first 5 sections reflect the 5 chapters required in my dissertation: Introduction, Literature Review, [...]

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The dissertation topic….

Posted in Being a scholar, Dissertation, Research on June 16, 2010 | Comments Off

In December 2008 I wrote a post related to choosing a dissertation topic.  More specifically, I was looking at weighing the choice between choosing a topic about which you are passionate, or choosing one that is marketable.   A few months went by and I went down the marketable path.  Then I essentially took a [...]

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A step in the right direction

Posted in Academic life, Being a scholar, Blogging, Change, Dissertation, Jobs on January 30, 2010 | 3 Comments »

I have a new day job!!!! In higher ed!!!! Let me tell the story…. Anyone who has spent time in the regular job market and looked for a job has heard the old saw that more than half of the jobs are filled through the “unofficial” job market; someone knows someone else, who puts them [...]

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I will not become a statistic….

Posted in Academic life, Being a scholar, Dissertation, Graduate school, Organization, Productivity, tagged , , , on December 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »

They used to say that only 50% of those who start a doctorate finish.  Updated statistics in the social sciences says that number (10-year completion) is more like 56%, but that still leaves 44% unfinished and (in most programs like mine that have a time limit) unfinishable.  It isn’t the course work;  16% opt out [...]

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Perspective: Useful thing that…

Posted in Academic life, Dissertation, Graduate school, Productivity, Psychology, Stress, Teaching on October 4, 2009 | Comments Off

Often we are told to take a step back from things to gain some perspective.  It’s very hard when you are in the thick of things, particularly all-consuming things like a dissertation. This week, however, I got some perspective.  In order to enhance my qualifications for the classes I’m already teaching, I signed up for [...]

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A new (to me) tool for keeping up with the literature

Posted in Academic life, Being a scholar, Dissertation, Organization, Productivity, Technology, Tools on June 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »

One of the most challenging parts of being an academic is keeping up with all the new literature that comes out. We live in a publish-or-perish world, and that means the most active academics are putting out several new articles per year that we need to at least be aware of. You may know already [...]

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What does a good literature review look like?

Posted in Being a scholar, Dissertation, Writing on June 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »

It makes sense for a dissertation writer to start with the literature review;  It forces you to think about your topic holistically and understand the context of the area of study you are entering and helps to clarify your thinking about both your question and your methods.  But what is it really and how is [...]

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Dissertation strategy

Posted in Academic life, Being a scholar, Dissertation, Graduate school on December 28, 2008 | Comments Off

There are two schools of thought when it comes to choosing a topic for ones dissertation.   says you should write your dissertation on something you LOVE and are passionate about, since you will be getting really really intimate with it over the next few months.  This school believes that regardless of the marketability of the [...]

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Something to think about….

Posted in Dissertation on September 28, 2008 | Comments Off

I was hitting the Graduate College website tonight in an effort to make sure they hadn’t radically changed anything on me and discovered the following: When including previously published journal articles or meeting presentations, the student must meet the following conditions: The student is the first listed author in the coauthored journal article or meeting [...]

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