Dissertation Writers Group

If you have questions about the group or wish to join it, please email PhD student Tim Carleton at tc182517@albany.edu.

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Subject: Dissertation Writers Group


I am interested in organizing a Dissertation Writers Group for history graduate students. The group would be for students at any stage in the writing process, from exploring a potential topic in a seminar to finishing up and graduating from ABD status. Also appropriate would be students working on a Masters Thesis or an article for submission to an academic journal.

The group would be based on the articles attached below (see links in next sentence). One is from the graduate department at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, the other is from the website of the American Historical Association. I am thinking of time-limited weekly groups, perhaps one for eight weeks in June and July, and another for ten or twelve weeks in the fall semester. Recommended group size is four or five students. Should additional students wish to participate it would be simple enough to add additional groups. Groups would consist of a structured ninety minutes, and involve discussion of all aspects of the dissertation experience, with the main focus on reading and critiquing our writing.

I encourage interested students willing to commit to such a group to reply to this email. Let me know the days of the week and time of day that would work out for you.

Thanks!

Tim Carleton
tc182517@albany.edu