The transition from structured classroom work and research to writing a dissertation can cause graduate students to feel isolated, like they’re writing in a vacuum. To help them feel more grounded, ...

On March 14, Assistant Director of Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Mandy Olejnik successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “Writing Across the (Graduate) Curriculum: Toward Systemic Change ...

Do you have any suggestions for motivating graduate students to meet their dissertation-writing deadlines? I'm working with several bright and energetic students, but they all have difficulty meeting ...

It’s rare to find a doctoral student who hasn’t struggled with their dissertation writing, right? We know this firsthand from our own experiences, which is why we thought about ways to help students ...

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Do you know what one of the most crucial aspects of a startup is? It’s a pitch for future investors where you explain all the benefits of your idea and the reasons it will work. A dissertation ...

Four years ago, I sat alongside dozens of first-year Ph.D. students in an introductory class in graduate school. The professor encouraged us to read widely in our field and to become versed in ...

Shelby Ross is one of this year’s 2025-2026 Elouise Cobell Dissertation Writing-Year Fellows Shelby Ross, a PhD student in geography, has been named as part of the second cohort of the prestigious ...