Grandma's Dissertation (Paperback)

Rhoda Lamastus Locklear

ISBN 10: 1726340988 / ISBN 13: 9781726340984

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

About this Item

Paperback. A dissertation required a research question, review of the literature, research process, writing of the results and a defense. In the 70's computers were just arriving on campus. Research was done through professional journals; books in the reserve section of the library and microfilm and microfiche. Doctoral students on campus were assigned cubicles in the library in which to keep materials that were to be used only in the library. The typing was done on an electric typewriter. Footnotes were at the bottom of each page. This required careful planning and spacing. Each time a revision was necessary that page and sometimes all subsequent pages had to be retyped. Those with the means paid typists to organize their manuscripts. I typed each and every page, often more than once. Colored illustrations accompanying some of the reading selections were colored by hand. Color copying was not yet common and if available was expensive. Over time colors have altered and many of the pages contain signs of aging. These pages have been copied from the originals. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Grandma's Dissertation (Paperback)
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1726340988
• ISBN 13: 9781726340984
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A dissertation required a research question, review of the literature, research process, writing of the results and a defense. In the 70 s computers were just arriving on campus. Research was done through professional journals; books in the reserve section of the library and microfilm and microfiche. Doctoral students on campus were assigned cubicles in the library in which to keep materials that were to be used only in the library. The typing was done on an electric typewriter. Footnotes were at the bottom of each page. This required careful planning and spacing. Each time a revision was necessary that page and sometimes all subsequent pages had to be retyped. Those with the means paid typists to organize their manuscripts. I typed each and every page, often more than once. Colored illustrations accompanying some of the reading selections were colored by hand. Color copying was not yet common and if available was expensive. Over time colors have altered and many of the pages contain signs of aging. These pages have been copied from the originals.

About the Author

Rhoda Lamastus Locklear as a teenaged bride moved to Germany for two years. Upon returning to her native Kentucky she completed high school and earned her B.S. in Elementary Education and M.A. Reading at Western Kentucky University. After 10 years of marriage she and her husband parted ways when she wished to pursue further graduate studies and he wished to remain close to their home county. She completed her Ph.D. in Curriculum, Instruction and Media from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Dr. Locklear has taught in public and private schools and universities in eight U.S. states. With her Venezuelan husband she lived and worked in Venezuela for 25 years. While there she taught for the Universidad Rafael Urdaneta and the Universidad de Los Andes. She also taught certification courses for the Venezuelan state education agency and English as a Second Language courses for professionals at Lagoven Oil. She was founding president and first director of CEVAM, a bi-nacional center partially supported by the U.S. government. She and her husband Jose’ were owner-operators of Delicattesses Catalina, a prospering jam, relishes and hot sauce business for 22 years until his death. She now lives in Las Vegas and writes whenever she can conjure up the willpower. Dr. Locklear has two lovely daughters, Callie Green Bustamante and Catalina Ramirez Ottolino and four wonderful grandchildren, Robert, John and Luna Azul and Remy and the support of her loving Ronald E. Niemer.