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She gave a great deal of her time to make sure that the work I produced was of high quality. Since my advisor and I did not live in the same city, we used various forms of communication including telephone, text messaging, email and video communication via the computer. Most importantly for me was to have an advisor who was nurturing but firm and who had a strong and genuine desire to see me succeed in this process.

Agreed upon calendar

Advisor . After I had agreed to serve as chairperson, the first activity we turned our attention to was to set up a long range, one year calendar with milestones and due dates. Starting with the date the final copy of the dissertation would be due to the university, we mapped in dates that drafts would be submitted to me and when I would send those on to the other committee members. Of major importance was scheduling the submission of the institutional review board proposal in time to meet the data collection schedule since data could not be collected before approval from this body. However, being realistic was also a consideration as we looked at professional and family commitments, as well as vacation calendars. In both cases we understood that the calendar would only work if the candidate could meet the deadlines: if the candidate lagged, it was likely that I could not juggle professional or personal calendar in such a way as to keep on schedule.

JDP graduate . Working around our professional communitments, together we scoped the requirements of the dissertation project and established a clear deadline that was in alignment with the university’s dissertation filing deadline. Working backward from that deadline, together we mapped milestones and submission deadlines that both made sense and ambitiously advanced my work. My advisor took the primary responsibility to communicate these milestones and timelines with other dissertation committee members and shepherd their commitment to supporting my work along the established timeline.

An interesting, unexpected boost to development of the dissertation’s research methodology was the submission of the project for Human Subjects review. Having to describe the process and expected products of the research project at such an early stage of the dissertation process was extremely helpful in developing a clear methodology that is directly aligned with the research questions and project goals. It allowed for a great level of internal consistency between project goals, milestones, and calendar requirements. It also assisted with predicting the times during which I would need assistance from various committee members for expert support in certain aspects of the research project.

Essentially, keeping a calendar kept all the committee members on board with deadlines, helped chapter drafts and edits to be returned in a timely fashion, and kept me working without losing momentum.

ELSJ graduate. The calendar that my advisor and I created outlined important target dates by which drafts of various parts of my dissertation needed to be completed. The calendar included the final date of submission for dissertation to be turned into the university which allowed me to pace my writing appropriately. What was also extremely helpful was that my advisor served as the intermediary between me and the other committee members by sending them my drafts and handling the majority of the communication to limit conflicting feedback, allowing me to focus on writing.

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