John Turner recently had a fabulous post on “Publishing without Perishing” which is full of excellent suggestions on how to survive writing your first book or your dissertation. There’s much fodder ...

Finding the perfect dissertation topic can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack, but knowing where to look can transform this daunting task into an exciting journey of discovery. Aspiring ...

I think I'm finally able to narrow down my linguistics thesis topic.There were so many phenomena I was interested in—I was ...

How can you best choose a dissertation topic and then create a plan for developing it? Sonja K. Foss and William Waters recommend that you embark on a conceptual conversation. By Sonja K. Foss and ...

Your dissertation gives you an opportunity to write a substantial piece of academic work on a topic of interest to you. It is an opportunity to produce a work of scholarship, using the academic skills ...

The prospectus is 20 double-spaced pages (excluding bibliography) and explores four aspects of the PhD candidate’s dissertation topic: the intellectual relevance of the topic chosen, previous ...

The doctoral dissertation may address any subject in literary or film/media theory. It is an opportunity for sustained inquiry into topics of literary-theoretical, literary-historical, or ...

Your dissertation gives you an opportunity to write a substantial piece of academic work on a topic of interest to you. It is an opportunity to produce a work of scholarship, using the academic skills ...