This is a workshop course designed to provide support and guidance to graduate students who are in the process of writing doctoral dissertations. Students who are substantively engaged in writing their prospectus and in drafting chapters find the course useful. The workshop and discussion-group format gives students opportunities to solicit feedback from their fellow students about their arguments, organization, and style, often from the perspective of neighboring fields and departments. Because of its interdisciplinary focus and its emphasis on clear, engaging writing, the course does not substitute for dissertation direction in the student's own academic department. When appropriate, the class may take up issues about the place of dissertating in one's academic career, strategies about how dissertations become first books, advice about the preparation of the CV, and other such matters.
Course Instructor(s):
Les Margolin; Andre Brock
