Key Information
Navigating the Dissertation: Strategies for New Doctoral Advising Faculty and Their Advisees, by Marianne Di Pierro
2014 [ISBN: 1-58107-273-2; 250 pages; 6 x 9 inch; soft cover] $25.95
This book examines the intricacies of the doctoral educational process and delineates a process for continuous improvement that will shape and enhance better professional relationships between dissertation advisors and their advisees and cultivate opportunities for increased retention and graduation. The book includes critical principles, interwoven with students’ real life experiences which serve as illustrative vehicles. Moreover, its innovative approach – a book written for new advisors and their advisees or for seasoned advisors seeking new ways to communicate with their advisees – departs from other books that provide generally only a one-dimensional view, usually from the student’s perspective. The titles of many of these are couched in metaphors of survival and overcoming a threat, rather than centered in strong initiatives that will lead to timely graduation in a supportive and encouraging environment. This book offers innovative and pioneering leadership approaches to transport advisors and advisees to a successful outcome.
The Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER
01 Dissertation Advising: The Need for Collaborative Training Models
02 The Rules of Engagement
03 Defining Editing Expectations: More Rules of Engagement
04 The Toxic Committee
05 Considerations When Forming a Committee: For Advisees
06 Selection of the Advisee: For Faculty
07 Other Considerations for the Advisor as Leader
08 Vetting the Committee
09 Discovering the Dissertation Topic
10 The Concept Paper and the Quality Circle Review
11 Implementation of Editorial Commentary and Technology
12 Naming Conventions for Maintaining Draft Files
13 Working Against the Grain: For Advisors
14 Working Against the Grain: For Advisees
15 Dissertation Proposal and the Human Subject Institutional Review Board (HSIRB)
0000Protocol: Symmetry in Design
16 Preparing for the Oral Defense of the Dissertation: 17 Easy Steps
17 Bill of Rights for the Advisee/Advisor
18 Combating the Dissertation Blues: Comprehensive Examinations—The Prelude
19 The Dissertation Writing Blues
20 The Dissertation Aftermath Blues
21 Debriefing: An Essential Final Step in Doctoral Education
22 New Forms and New Paradigms
23 Personalizing Academic Misconduct: An Approach for the Graduate Classroom
24 The Future of Doctoral Education: A Visionary Perspective
25 Quick Takes
About the Author
Index of Book
The Author
Marianne Di Pierro holds the Ph.D. in English from the University of South Florida and has directed the Graduate Center for Research and Retention at Western Michigan University (WMU) for thirteen years. As a graduate education specialist, she has coached over 90 doctoral students across a broad spectrum of fields to complete their dissertations and graduate. Di Pierro conducts research on doctoral education, serves as a conflict resolution strategist for graduate advising faculty and graduate students, participates in national research projects in doctoral education, and serves on dissertation committees. She is an active member of the academic community and currently serves on the Human Subjects Institutional Review Board (HSIRB), as well as the advisory board to the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Ph.D. program. She is a member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) leadership team for the Education Division and is the associate editor for the ASQ Journal for Quality and Participation. She has published articles on graduate education in peer-reviewed journals and presented her research at professional conferences.
