GSEA Workshop: Preparing For The Dissertation

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Preparing For The Dissertation

(Cora Fox, Peter Goggin, Karen Adams)

Monday, September 26, 2005; 3:15 - 4:30, LL 316

Thanks to Dr. Cora Fox for providing the following handouts for those who could not attend the workshop. This information does not necessarily represent the views of the Department of English, or GSEA.

The following handouts are in Rich Text Format (.rtf).

Starting and Completing the Dissertation
Adapted from David Madsen's Successful Dissertations and Theses: A Guide to Graduate Student Research from Proposal to Completion (San Francisco: Josey-Bass Publishers, 1983).
Negotiating the Dissertation Proposal
Taken from David Sternberg's How to Complete and Survive a Doctoral Dissertation (New York: St. Martin's P, 1981).
On Finding, Narrowing or Coping with a Changing Topic
On Writing and Rewriting Drafts
On Getting the Right Feedback
On Selecting or Negotiating with a Director or Committee
On Organizing Your Work and Time
On Staying Motivated

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