Writing the Successful Thesis and Dissertation: Entering the Conversation

Acknowledgments

I WOULD LIKE to express gratitude to the many students whose insights have contributed significantly to my understanding of the thesis/dissertation process. Their willingness to write proposal logs and provide feedback about their own writing processes enabled me to understand the thesis/dissertation process more deeply and more personally. I have also been fortunate in receiving invaluable feedback from several reviewers whose suggestions have been tremendously helpful. Les Perelman and Jim Williams provided many useful ideas about how I could broaden my perspective beyond the humanities, and Andrew Newman, an American scholar based in Edinburgh, helped me expand my view to include an international perspective. I would also ...