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Index


ABD (All But the Dissertation) status 22,
32
abstracts 131–2
academic conversation 135
academic standards 135
Altom, J. 67
American Educational Research
Association (AERA) 76–7, 78
American Psychological Association
(APA) 124
application phase 19, 59

battle metaphors 14
bibliographic reference cards 87–8
bibliographies 8, 88, 91
birthing event metaphors 14
blind person metaphors 14
Bolig, R.A. 30, 51
book stores 75
Booth, W.C. 11
Bowen, W.G. 143
breaking new ground 37
Brown, D. 50–1
Byzantine maze metaphors 11

candidacy: examinations 21–2;
terminology 18

cautious interpretations 130
chairs 48–9; characteristics to consider
50–2; and data analysis 116; selecting
23, 24, 52–4; suggestions for success
30, 31; terminology 18; working with
60–2
challenges 12, 14
checklists 82, 89, 90, 110, 156–7; data
analysis 117
Chutes and Ladders 12, 13
Clark, K.A. 12, 13
Page numbers in italics indicate figures and tables
clear interpretations 129
closure 135
coffee bars 75
collaboration 8; with program professors
41–2; with student colleagues 41
coming of age experience 12, 146
commitment 80
committees see dissertation committees
competition 11
computer technicians 74–5
computers: bibliographic database 88; for
writing 32
conclusions 130
conditional matriculation status 19–20
conferences 75–8
construct validity 110
coursework: and topic selection 30, 38
coursework phase 19–21, 19, 59

crises 62, 65
dance metaphors 14
data: cautious interpretations 130; clear
interpretations 129; collection 90;
and inferences 127; logical
interpretations 129; reducing 120–2;
relevant interpretations 129–30;
terminology 18; thorough
interpretations 128
data analysis 90, 116–17; documentation
118–19; interpreting findings 123;
preliminary organization 117;
procedures 108–9; reducing data
120–2; and research questions
119–20; starting 117–18;
terminology 18
data collection 105, 112–224; ethical
issues 107; limitations 108; pilot
testing 106–7; procedures 105–6;
storing materials 114–15
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161
data sources 105, 106, 112
defense see orals
dependence 15
directors see chairs
dissemination 135
Dissertations Abstract International (DAI)
8, 131
dissertation committees 16, 23–4; and

dissertation proposal 25, 56–7; and
drafts 126; and orals 136; power 67–8;
structure 48–50; suggestions for
success 30–1; terminology 18;
university concerns 57; working with
8, 59–66; see also chairs; readers
dissertation orals see orals
dissertation phase 19, 22–7, 59
dissertation proposals 8–9, 23, 24;
approval 25, 110; contents 99–110; and
dissertation committees 56–7; purposes
98–9; terminology 18; writing 97–8
dissertations 4–7; aims 84; cyclical
process 125; reading for 86–8; stage in
process 22–7; and term papers 7–9,
10; terminology 18; topic selection
30, 37–40, 42–7
doctoral committees see dissertation
committees
doctoral dissertations see dissertations
doctoral programs: collaboration with
professors 41–2; stages 17, 19, 19, 58,
59; terminology 18; see also
coursework; dissertations; orals
doctoral students: essential qualities 15,
80–5; expectations 143–51;
terminology 18
drafts 91; and dissertation committee 8,
126; of dissertation proposals 100; in
dissertation proposals 99

Drew, J. xii, 84
drop-outs 19, 27–8, 143, 144

editing 32
Eisenhart, M.A. 144
emotions 11, 14, 15
equipment 107
Ethnologue 122
examination phase 19, 21–2, 59
external readers 136–7
faculty 32–3, 57–8, 98
Fahrenthold, D.A. 146
feasibility studies 106–7, 117–18
figures 124
finances 24, 83
findings 123–5; creating an argument for
127–30; implications 131; interpreting
123; presenting 126–7
flexibility 89
Fox-Genovese, E. 68
friends 9, 70
funding 83
funding proposals 24

game metaphors 12
gardening metaphors 12
gate-keeping 12, 15, 136
general principles 127
Gilles, C. 71–2
goal-directed 81–2

graphics 124
guides 14

Harvard University 67, 146
Hawley, P. 44, 92
Haworth, K. 97
hazing 14
hearings see orals
Holland, D.C. 144
home relationships 92–3
hoops metaphors 11, 146
Huberman, A.M. 124
Human Subjects Review Board 107
hurdles metaphors 11
hypothesis-generating studies 98;
conclusions 130; data analysis and
interpretation 108, 124–5; qualitative
analysis 122
hypothesis-testing studies 98, 103–4;
conclusions 130; data analysis 108;
interpreting findings 123–5

ideas 14
implications 131
independence 40
inferences 127
informants: terminology 18
institutional practices 15–16
International Conference on Teacher
Research 78

interviews 21
isolation 80, 85, 148

journey metaphors 14

Kennedy, D. xii

leaders 14
learning 83–5
Leatherman, C. 67
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162
Levine, D.N. 100, 101
librarians 74
libraries 73–4
literature reviews 104
logical interpretations 129
losers 12, 14
Lovitts, B.E. xii, 27, 144

Maesar, S.A. 29
malevolence 11
marathon metaphors 12
Masters, Lillian 108–9, 109
matriculation: terminology 18
maze metaphors 11
Menand, L. xii, 144
mentors see chairs
metaphors 11–14, 16, 146
Miles, M. 124

mountain climbing metaphors 12, 146

National Council of Teachers of English
(NCTE) 77–8
National Writing Project 78
New York Times Magazine, The 144
noncompleters 19, 27–8, 143, 144
Nonnumerical Unstructured Data-
Indexing, Searching and Theorizing
122
Nud-ist 122

Olson, G.A. xii, 84
orals 23, 26–7, 133–4; for candidacy 22;
outcome 141–2; players 135–8;
process 138–41; purpose 134–5;
scheduling 132; terminology 18
organization 31, 82–3
originality 8
outcomes see findings
outside readers 136
Ozment, S. 146

part-time students 79
peers see student-colleagues
permanent matriculation status 20, 21
personal crises 62
personal qualities 15, 80–1
pilot testing 106–7, 117–18
planning 88–90

productive mind-set 88, 89
professional organizations 75
proposals see dissertation proposals
publishing 68

qualitative analysis 122
quality control 135
quantitative analysis 121–2
quotations 88

Ramon Veal Seminar 77
rapids metaphors 12
readers 23, 48, 49; selection 24, 54–5;
working with 62–3
reading 86–8
recommendations 131
relevant interpretations 129–30
research 23, 37
research agenda 98
research design 105–10
research methodology 90
research questions: and data analysis
119–20, 123
rewriting 91–2
Rudenstine, N.L. 143
running a marathon 12
running the rapids 12

sample size 106
Schneider, A. xiii, 67

security personnel 75
self-discipline 80, 81
Sheehy, G. xiii
significance 104, 123, 131
Sizer T. 144
Smith, B.D. 114, 121–2, 134
sources 8, 88, 91
statistical significance 108, 123, 130
student-colleagues: collaboration 41;
support groups 26, 33, 70–3;
terminology 18; and topic selection 43
summaries 130
supervisors see chairs
support 79–80, 85; from student-
colleagues 26, 33, 70–3, 86; lack of 27

tables 124
teacher conversation groups 78
term papers 3, 7–9, 10
terminology 18
theoretical rationale 97, 103–4
theory-building see hypothesis-generating
studies
theory-testing see hypothesis-testing
studies
thorough interpretations 128
time: scheduling 82–3, 89–90, 111
title: of dissertation proposal 102
topic selection 30, 37–40, 42–7; and
dissertation proposal 102–3

Index
163
topical note cards 88
tough love 67
train ride metaphors 14
transcribing 113–14
trip metaphors 14

universities: and dissertation committees
57; and dissertation work 57–8, 60
university community 32–3; computer
technicians 74–5; libraries 73–4;
security 75
University of Pennsylvania 67
University of Pennsylvania Ethnography
Conference 77
university security 75
unpredictability 15

validity 109–10
Vartuli, S.A. 138, 144
video-tapes 113–14
visual displays of information 124

war metaphors 14
winners 12, 14
women: as doctoral students 144
work life 93
working environment 40–2, 40, 42
writing 91–2; and data analysis 120; and

reading 87; suggestions for success 32
writing style 99