Dissertation Writing Seminar

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This year-long, zero-credit course will be open to students in their fifth, sixth, and seventh years and will run with a workshop format in which students share their dissertation progress in regularly occurring meetings. A workshop format means that students will be expected to bring in early drafts in the first half of the semester and then more polished versions later in the semester, taking into account the feedback from their peers, professor, and advisor. All seminar participants will be required to read each other's chapter drafts and expected to provide feedback. The instructor may designate one or two students to be "respondents" to a draft and will be required to read the text in more detail and to prepare questions and feedback.