How to Finish and Defend Your Dissertation

Strategies to Complete the Professional Practice Doctorate

By (author) Cynthia Grant, Daniel R. Tomal

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Publication date:

29 August 2013

Length of book:

260 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

ISBN-13: 9781475804027

This CHOICE award winning author has teamed up with a Chair of the Department of Research at Concordia University Chicago to write a comprehensive book on finishing and defending a dissertation. A first of its kind, this book provides you everything you need to know about successfully passing the dissertation defense such as: preparing and finishing the manuscript, using cloud-based communities, preparing presentations, using effective communication strategies, managing stress, motivating yourself, revising and editing the manuscript, publishing and presenting the final dissertation and more.

Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Realities of What it takes to Finish Your Dissertation
Chapter 2. Your Relationship with the Committee and Your Chairperson
Chapter 3. Refining Your Dissertation Proposal for the Final Manuscript
Chapter 4. Presenting Your Results and Discussion in the Final Manuscript
Chapter 5. Using Cloud-Based Virtual Communities in the Dissertation Process
Chapter 6. Preparing for the Final Defense Presentation
Chapter 7. Developing Effective Communication and Motivation Skills
Chapter 8. The Dissertation Defense: The Day has Arrived
Chapter 9. Passing the Defense and Editing the Final Dissertation Manuscript
Chapter 10: How to Publish and Present Your Dissertation
Epilogue: Advice to Candidates from Those Who Made It
Appendices
Index

How to Finish and Defend Your Dissertation contains careful research, the wisdom of experience and practical suggestions that doctoral students and their advisors will both find helpful. The text is written in an engaging and easy-to-read style, and the lessons collected in this volume will appeal to scholars in a variety of fields.