This multidisciplinary panel of doctoral students will share insights from their dissertation writing journeys. Panelists will discuss their own writing processes, the challenges they encountered, and the strategies and resources they used (or wish they had used) to complete their dissertations. Their talks will be followed by moderated questions and an audience Q & A. Whether you are finishing your final chapter, or outlining your first, you will leave with valuable insights into how to make your writing process successful.

Please join us Friday, February 3rd from 12:00-1:30. Lunch will be provided. Pre-registration is required at https://secure.rackham.umich.edu/Events/wssel.php

Co-sponsored by Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

Speakers:
Sarah E. Erickson is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Communication Studies where she studies the role of media in adolescent sexual socialization. She will defend her dissertation during the Winter 2017 semester, and will begin a position as Assistant Professor of Communication at Trinity University in San Antonio, TX in the fall.

Kelly E. Slay is a Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Education studying undergraduate recruitment policies and Black student enrollment in selective, post-affirmative action contexts. She plans to defend her dissertation in June 2017.

Jacqueline Stimson is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Classical Studies, where she works on political violence in the Late Republic. She will defend her dissertation on February 8, 2017.