Destination Dissertation: A Traveler's Guide to a Done Dissertation

Foss, Sonja K.; Waters, William

ISBN 10: 0742554406 / ISBN 13: 9780742554405

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Destination Dissertation: A Traveler's Guide to a Done Dissertation
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0742554406
• ISBN 13: 9780742554405
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New
• Dimensions: 2.82W x 15.55H x 23.11D centimeters 2.82 centimeters width by 15.55 centimeters height by 23.11 centimeters depth
• Weight: 567 grams

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Synopsis

Dissertations aren't walls to scale or battles to fight; they are destinations along the path to a professional career. Destination Dissertation is a handbook that helps students successfully develop and complete their dissertations. It uses travel as a metaphor framing the process as an exciting trip of 29 steps that can be completed in less than nine months. Designed for use by students in all disciplines and for both quantitative and qualitative dissertations, the book shows concrete and efficient processes for completing those parts of the dissertation where students tend to get stuck, from conceptualizing a topic to editing the final work. It includes a wealth of real-life examples from throughout the dissertation process, such as creating the proposal and coding data. This time-tested method comes from the authors' successful work at the Denver-based Scholars' Retreat. Essential for all PhD candidates!

About the Author

Sonja K. Foss is professor of communication at the University of Colorado at Denver. She created and is co-director of Scholars' Retreat, designed to provide intensive, focused, and supervised writing time for dissertations, theses, and other writing projects. William Waters is assistant professor of English, coordinator of composition, director of the writing center, and coordinator of assessment at Northwest Missouri State University. He is co-director of Scholars' Retreat.