CSCR Committee

The dissertation committee has four or more members, including the advisor. The committee’s role is to provide different lenses through which to view a student’s work. Their insights and experiences provide an opportunity to broaden a student’s perspective by seeing their study from various vantage points. A student typically selects dissertation committee members in consultation with the primary advisor. Committee members should reflect the range of expertise pertinent to the student’s topic of study and corresponding methodologies.

A student may call upon committee members for advice in areas appropriate to their expertise and interests throughout the dissertation process. Committee members also comment on written materials developed by the doctoral student and they are responsible for evaluating and approving the proposal and completed dissertation.

Degree Committees in Human Ecology follow the UW–Madison Graduate School policy on committees. Due to the participatory and engaged nature of research conducted in CSCR, students may consider their community/organizational partners, practitioners, or outreach specialists for their committees.

The advisor/committee form can be found here.