Queen's Learning Commons
Queen's University- Understanding Expectations
- Identifying Your Research Questions
- Developing a Methodology or Methodological Framework
- Reviewing the literature in your field
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Establishing a dissertation committee
- Steps One & Two
- Steps Three & Four
- Writing a dissertation proposal
- Creating a Work Plan
- Creating a Disseration Support Network
- Conducting Research
- Conducting a comprehensive literature review
- Outlining and drafting chapters
- Taking care of visual details
- Reviewing, revising & submitting your text
- Creating defense draft & defending dissertation
- Writing the Abstract
- Finalizing Revisions
- Submitting Dissertation
- Getting Closure
Step 1: Negotiate what you want/need/expect from your advisor, and what the advisor will want/need/expect from you.
"Questions to Ask to Help Select an Advisor" will help you consider when to ask for help, what sort of help/response is likely to be most helpful for you, and how to shape roles of committee members
Step 2: Work with your dissertation committee chair to set up your committee
Take time to come to a clear understanding of why you are selecting each person; how, why & when to interact with the committee throughout the process; and special roles you might need members to take on – for example, maybe one committee member will be "a support editor" who monitors style, formatting and professional standards
For a discussion of these points see guidelines at Gallaudet University.
Based on the original Dissertation Calculator from the University of Minnesota Libraries.