Friday meeting

09.10.2004

Finally got together w/ my dissertation committee for a sit-down. We talked about my ten-month experience in Bolivia, my current funding situation, and future plans — especially the "finish-your-dissertation-soon" future. Which makes for a brief to-do list:

  • Write (short) introduction to dissertation, focusing on a "biographical" (how my in-field research differed from my pre-field expectations) take on my field work. Due end of September.

  • Develop an outline of upcoming chapters, w/ a paragraph or two on what each chapter covers. Also due end of September.

  • Prepare a methodology chapter detailing the content analysis coding structure I'm (still) developing.

  • Look for (and apply for) writing grants.

I also hope to get a few chapters drafted by early January. And this fall's plan includes massive amounts of data coding. Feel free to bug me, asking how much work I got done today. I need help staying on track sometimes.

Tonight I'm grocery shopping w/ Bay, then settling in for some food & TV or DVD watching. Tomorrow, the Kalamazoo Valley Museum is showing a September 11 film presentation (also Sunday). The 11'09"01 "film" is actually a collection of eleven, eleven-minute films by eleven filmmakers from around the world (Sean Penn was the American entry).

And bad news about abuelito today.

Posted by Miguel at 08:06 PM

Comments

How long is a typical PSCI dissertation? Book length or publication length?

"Tomorrow, the Kalamazoo Valley Museum is showing a September 11 film presentation (also Sunday). The 11'09"01 "film" is actually a collection of eleven, eleven-minute films by eleven filmmakers from around the world (Sean Penn was the American entry)."

>> I really miss Kalamazoo!

Posted by: T'su Rii [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 10, 2004 08:33 PM

A dissertation is "long enough" (there's no min/max requirements). And if you miss Kzoo, you should come visit, eh?

Posted by: Miguel [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 10, 2004 08:45 PM

I'll get back pretty soon. Maybe bring along Cletus the moped. Never rolled through Kzoo on a ped. Might be memorable.

Posted by: T'su Rii [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 11, 2004 11:16 AM

Hope your abuelito's okay...

Posted by: Stephanie [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 13, 2004 12:48 AM