Destination Dissertation: A Traveler's Guide to a Done Dissertation

(Hardback, Third Edition)

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Demystifying and charting a path from concept to completion, Destination Dissertation has helped thousands of doctoral students emerge on the other side of their dissertation as successful researchers. The third edition supplements the core 29 steps of the dissertation with new discussions of research technologies and now-popular dissertation sections like theoretical perspective, theoretical framework, and positionality statement. A new chapter looks beyond the dissertation to springboard researchers into future journal and book publishing opportunities.

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Destination Dissertation literally changed my life. Sonja K. Foss and William Waters demystify the writing process by offering scholars a series of small, manageable steps to take along the journey that every doctoral candidate must take. This book is a gift to academia, and every doctoral program in the country should require its students to read it. -- Bernard J. Armada, University of St. Thomas
With relevant, realistic, and easily accessible information, this book covers a wide array of issues pertinent to one of the most important milestones of a graduate educationthe creation of a dissertation. It is an outstanding book, and adopting it may only lead to better guidance on my part, and success for my students. -- Alexis O. Miranda, California Lutheran University
Destination Dissertation is a great addition to any course that seeks to explain the dissertation process to students. Helpful advice and guidance is plentiful and the step-by-step process of completing a dissertation offered by Foss and Waters will help students view the journey as one they can navigate. -- Mary Madden, University of Maine
A must-have for anyone in graduate school, and for anyone who faces the prospect of writing a research paper or journal article with trepidation. The authors succinctly and efficiently guide you through the entire dissertation process via a step-by-step, easy to follow format. . . . No matter what field you are in, or the type of research you are conducting, you can effectively use Destination Dissertation as a guide to writing your dissertation or thesis. . . . If you are facing the prospect of having to write a dissertation or thesis, get this book! -- The Athenaeum

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Sonja K. Foss is professor emerita of communication at the University of Colorado at Denver. She created and is co-director of Scholars' Retreat, designed to provide intensive, focused, and supervised writing time for dissertations, theses, and other writing projects.

William Waters is associate professor of English at the University of Houston, Downtown and co-director of Scholars' Retreat.