Completing Your Thesis or Dissertation : Professors Share Their Techniques and 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.