Dissertation Resources

This section is in progress. Some potential components include:

Proposal Conference

• How to set up a dissertation proposal defense conference:
  • For example, who should students contact to schedule a conference room?

Grant Applications

• A page that lists the institutions that are most likely to provide funding for research travel or writing support

Writing Resources

• A page listing recommended guides to writing dissertation projects. For example:
  • Eric Hayot’s Elements of Academic Style: Writing for the Humanities (2014)
  • Joan Bolker’s Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis (1998)
• A list of writing and research management tools that other dissertators have found productive
  • For instance: Scrivener, Zotero, Paperpile, Hypothes.is

IRB (Institutional Review Board) Information

Nontraditional Dissertation Formats

• A page describing the logistics of proposing a nontraditional or born-digital dissertation project within our department

Dissertation Defense Conference

• What should candidates bring to the meeting? How early should committee members receive copies of the finished product?

Depositing

• Are there any special considerations for depositing that are particularly relevant to consider if you are including multimedia materials in your dissertation?