Do you know what one of the most crucial aspects of a startup is? It’s a pitch for future investors where you explain all the benefits of your idea and the reasons it will work. A dissertation ...

Once you have passed your comprehensive exams, the time has come for you to complete the dissertation proposal. In this memo, I give you some of my thoughts on ways to approach the proposal. Also, I ...

There’s not much good to find in a destructive pandemic, but here’s one potentially positive outcome: Covid-19 may bring graduate schools to a long-needed reckoning with the dissertation requirement.

This workshop is an interdisciplinary link between course work and independent research. It offers structure and support as you find your own voice as a scholar and researcher. During this workshop, ...

The formal, written thesis proposal is due by 5:00 pm on the fourth Wednesday of September (e.g., 9/24/25). You are expected to email a copy of your document to the Chair by this deadline. Evaluation ...

"I've been taken aback at what passes for a dissertation proposal around here," a newly arrived colleague at a major research institution confided, lamenting the brevity and tentativeness of the ...

With fewer than two months remaining in the spring semester, Harvard juniors studying arts and humanities-related concentrations are gearing up to submit their senior thesis proposals. These thesis ...