Dissertating in the Open
Inspired by the work of Dr. Laura Gogia, Dr. Bonnie Stewart, and Dr. Maha Bali, I opened my dissertation to the world by reflecting on the research and writing process, licensing my dissertation with a Creative Commons license, and sharing my defense on YouTube. (Live-streaming and live-tweeting required more time and support than my early pandemic era defense allowed.)
This page provides links to the blog posts and resources I created during the process.
Blog posts:
- Identifying a Research Question & Writing a Prospectus
- Designing a Comprehensive Literature Review
- Putting Together a Committee
- Your First Meeting with Your Committee
- Keeping an Open Research Notebook
- #goals: Welcome to #AcWriMo/#DissProWriMo
- Writing and Defending the Dissertation Proposal
- Beginning to Set Up a Data Collection Structure
- What Am I Opening?
- Beginning Sustained, Systematic Observation
- Changing My Research Plans in Light of COVID-19
- Changing My Research Design
- My (Remote) Interview Workflow, from Recruitment to Member Checking
- I’m Having Trouble with My Dissertation Discussion
- My Dissertation Acknowledgments