How to Finish and Defend Your Dissertation

Strategies to Complete the Professional Practice Doctorate

Cynthia Grant, Daniel R. Tomal

• Publisher: R&L Education
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781475804027
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Higher Education

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.

Table of contents

• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 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
• Appendix A: Professional Organization Websites
• Appendix B: Preparing Documents and Using Presentation Aids
• Appendix C: Doctoral Candidate Personality Style Inventory
• Appendix D: Doctoral Candidate Time Management Assessment
• Appendix E: Doctoral Stress and Composure Survey
• Appendix F: Dissertation Success Self-Assessment