Completing Your Thesis or Dissertation

Seventy professors share their tips, techniques, and strategies for overcoming roadblocks to the completion of a thesis or dissertation. Many of the professors share their personal experiences in completing their dissertations. With hindsight, they offer advice based on these experiences. The personal nature of these essays makes fascinating reading. The professors contributions cover a wide range of topics including selecting a topic, selecting a chair and a committee, working with the chair and committee, selecting literature to review, writing a literature review, time management, overcoming writers block, overcoming anxiety, putting the thesis/dissertation into proper perspective, establishing support groups, understanding the role of the dissertation in professional development, and many others! This in-their-own-words book allows students to select the advice that is best suited to their situations and work styles. Running sidebars throughout the book help students locate information on the matters with which they need help. Ideal for independent reading by your students or use each of the contributions as a discussion topic in a thesis/dissertation preparation course.