IIR/CSSR/PSA Professional Development Series: Getting it “Done”
How to Complete a Quality Dissertation or Thesis without “Finishing”
Past Event
Wednesday, March 22, 2023 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Online via Zoom
As part of the IIR/CSSR/PSA joint professional development series, we are hosting a Zoom panel discussion related to a common graduate student problem. Many students get “stuck” as they are moving ahead from a topic to a concrete research question; or from an outline to a full document. Our panel will discuss how to get past this point and not obsess on the perfect dissertation or thesis but rather how to complete a quality product in a reasonable time.
Please join:
- Olivia Blackmon, Ph.D., Director and Senior Research Advisor, Oak Ridge Associated Universities
- Sean Doody, Ph.D., Assistant Research Scientist, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, University of Maryland
- Michelle Dromgold-Sermen, Assistant Director, Institute for Immigration Research, George Mason University
- Joe Scimecca, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, George Mason University
In our discussion of:
Getting it “Done” – How to Complete a Quality Dissertation or Thesis without “Finishing”

