Spring 2019 Dissertation Proposal Workshop

(noncredit; biweekly, semester-long)

Final session: Tuesday May 7, 2019 at 3:30 PM in IBS 155B

Instructor: Carew Boulding
Contact: carew.boulding@colorado.edu
Time: 1:30-3:30 pm
Dates: Fridays (February 8, February 22, March 8, March 22, April 12, April 19, April 26)
Location: The next meeting of the semester on Friday, April 19, will be held in IBS 401.

Are you a PhD student working on your dissertation proposal in the social sciences? Please join us for the Spring 2019 Dissertation Proposal Workshop! During this workshop, you will focus in on a dissertation topic, write and workshop a draft of your dissertation prospectus, and identify potential funding sources. The workshop is organized around short memo assignments that build toward a finished proposal. These short memos are designed to keep you focused, move you forward and give you something tangible to take into conversations with your advisor as you develop your project. 

What is the Dissertation Proposal Workshop?

This workshop is a bi-weekly interdisciplinary link between course work and independent research. We will offer a little structure and support as you find your own voices as scholars and researchers. During this workshop, you will focus in on a dissertation topic, write and workshop a draft of your dissertation prospectus, and identify potential funding sources. The workshop is organized around short memo assignments that build toward a finished proposal. These short memos are designed to keep you focused, move you forward and give you something tangible to take into conversations with your advisor as you develop your project.

Goals

  • Help each student produce a dissertation proposal that their academic advisors and committee members support, and that serves as a realistic plan for a successful dissertation

  • Help each student identify outside funding opportunities and draft a version of their research proposal targeted for a specific grant

  • Highlight resources available at the university and other institutions that could be helpful in completing a large research project

  • Address some of the more personal difficulties that scholars face while engaged in the process of independent, sustained, and self-directed research.

Who Should Participate?

Any social science graduate student who is working on developing a dissertation proposal! If you are a graduate student in Anthropology, Economics, Linguistics, Sociology, Political Science, Ethnic Studies, Geography, or Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences… You are welcome! As a good rule of thumb, talk it over with your advisor or graduate director and feel free to send any questions my way: boulding@colorado.edu

Interested?

Informational meeting: January 18th, 2019, 2:00-3:30pm IBS 4th Floor Conference Room (come for the view if nothing else!)