Exams

There are a lot of weird things about dissertations. Some of them are just inherent in the writing process (#writingisweird) but some of them have to do with the fact that dissertations are an especially difficult genre of writing. If you are in a PhD program, or grad school generally, Read more…

By Jaime Hough, 4 yearsSeptember 17, 2019 ago

Prelims

Making the List: Best Practices

Now that you’ve thought about what work your prelims reading list is doing for you it’s time to actually draft the list. Remember that the reading list is a collaborative work between you and your committee, the structure of which is dictated by your program requirements. Some programs archive the Read more…

By Jaime Hough, 5 yearsFebruary 17, 2018 ago