Completing Your Thesis or Dissertation: Professors Share Their Techniques & Strategies

- 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 writer's 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.