Setting Writing Goals: Generative Writing, Time Management, and Getting Past that Blinking Cursor

Professor Wendy Highby relates advice from professional writers, including faculty and writing guru Robert Boice. Learn how academic writers approach writing and their inside information on strategies for writing and finishing your dissertation with the least stress possible. Associate Professor Stephanie Wiegand discusses the SMART method for writing goals, writing trackers to record progress (for your benefit as well as that of your advisor), how to plan backwards and set up a research and manuscript timeline, and advice on checking in with your goals and readjusting as necessary (because life happens)

Setting Writing Goals: Generative Writing, Time Management, and Getting Past that Blinking Cursor

Professor Wendy Highby relates advice from professional writers, including faculty and writing guru Robert Boice. Learn how academic writers approach writing and their inside information on strategies for writing and finishing your dissertation with the least stress possible. Associate Professor Stephanie Wiegand discusses the SMART method for writing goals, writing trackers to record progress (for your benefit as well as that of your advisor), how to plan backwards and set up a research and manuscript timeline, and advice on checking in with your goals and readjusting as necessary (because life happens)

How to Know You are Ready to Submit Your Work to Academic Journals: A Guide for Graduate Students and Faculty

As a graduate student or tenure-track faculty, research (the amount that you produce and publish) is core to your position, current and future. Whether in a doctoral program or trying to earn tenure, submitting your research to journals is a daunting task, only second to designing, implementing, analyzing, and writing up your research. On your journey towards dissertation defense or working with mentors and/or peers to complete a research project, you are often required to have many eyes on your design, methods, analysis, and results, but also, the format of your written product. During dissertation writing, the chair of your committee will be the main point of contact and editor of your work. You will also have two other experts in your field examining your dissertation for issues or to make suggestions for improvements. These three members of your dissertation committee will help you present your research in the best possible way through many iterations of revisions and suggestions. After a successful defense, one of the best ways to start publishing is to break off pieces of your dissertation and expand that area of your findings. That might mean analyzing the data set with different methodology, expanding on results, or partnering with someone in your field or someone across disciplines. Your dissertation is much more than just an end goal- in many ways it is actually the beginning of your research agenda

Book Review of Jo VanEvery’s (2016, 2018, 2019) Short Guides. Self-published.

This triumvirate book review examines a few short volumes on academic writing and publishing: The Scholarly Writing Process (2016), Finding Time for Your Scholarly Writing (2018), and Scholarly Publishing (2019). I contend that these guides, which are written for a general academic audience, are useful texts for graduate students who are writing their theses or dissertations. In particular, I focus on their short length and low cost, as well as the importance of reflexivity in the writing process. In addition, I briefly contrast the Short Guides with Inger Mewburn’s How to Tame Your PhD (2012), Kjell Erik Rudeston and Rae R. Newton’s Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process (2015), and  How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing by Paul J. Silvia (2007).

Life after LSE: Diamond rings re-purposed for good

Writing your dissertation can leave you feeling more lost and confused about life than ever before, but as Amanda Schwartz, an MSc Development Studies alumni and co-founder of The Ring Project explains, keep your eyes and mind open and it could lead to great things

From Student to Scholar: Publishing Your Thesis and Dissertation

Publishing your academic work is easier when you start with an understanding of how to write for publication. Join faculty from the NSU Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts to learn about how to approach writing your thesis or dissertation in the way most likely to lead to publication

The Dissertation Proposal Process to Dissertation Defense: A Guide for Students

Once you have finished your coursework, which has prepared you for designing and implementing your study, you need to prepare for your dissertation proposal and subsequent defense of the said proposal. This may feel like a daunting task, as more doctoral programs prepare you with coursework, and then you are required to complete a study (from design to implementation, to writing it up). This is your first autonomous task as you transition from doctoral student to doctoral candidate

How to turn your dissertation in medical education into a publication

BACKGROUND You have put so much time and effort into writing your dissertation, so why not go one step further and publish it? If only this was as straightforward as it sounds. In our experience, students who publish their dissertation find the outcome extremely rewarding. However, writing an academic paper can be time consuming and requires a different skill set from writing a dissertation. If you are feeling overwhelmed by the whole idea of turning your dissertation into a publication, this How To is for you. Here, we will unpack the process, provide you with writing tips, and give you links to further resources and support that will help you in your writing journey

Your Quick and Easy Proposal and Dissertation Guide

A 15-minute read should save you hours of work. If you spend just 15 minutes reading this guide, then use it as a reference in writing your proposal or dissertation, you should save several hours you would otherwise have spent correcting APA style and grammar errors

MB 800 Research Methods in Missiology

1. Barzun and Graff (1992) The Modern Researcher, 5th ed. 2. Booth, Colomb, & Williams (1995) The Craft of Research. 3. Emerson, Fretz, & Shaw (1995) Writing Ethographic Field Notes. 4. Paul Leedy (2001) Practical Research: Design and Planning, 7th ed. 5. Rudestam & Newton (2001) Surviving Your Dissertation 2nd ed.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/3602/thumbnail.jp