by Steve Thomason | Jun 25, 2015 | Personal Journal
Tomorrow at 10am, I will stand before my panel in Northwestern 100 at Luther Seminary and defend the dissertation. Here’s how it is supposed to go: 15 minutes for me to present the project 90 minutes for the panel to riddle me with questions 15 minutes for the...
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by Steve Thomason | May 6, 2015 | Personal Journal
I officially turned in my dissertation on Monday, and I felt…numb. I thought I would be ecstatic, floating six inches off the ground and ready to party all week. Instead, I just wanted to take a nap. Then I read this post yesterday at The Research Whisperer...
by Steve Thomason | May 3, 2015 | Personal Journal
I just received word from my advisor that my dissertation is finished! It is turned in. Now we need to schedule the defense! Woo-Hoo!
by Steve Thomason | Apr 25, 2015 | Personal Journal
My thesis advisor returned the third revision of my dissertation to me last Saturday. She said I had two options. (1) If I am really tired of working on this paper, then I should turn it in. In her opinion it is defensible and should pass. (That’s good news)...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 4, 2015 | Personal Journal
It is Holy Saturday. This is the day the disciples waited in fear. Of course, they did not know how long they would wait, or what exactly it was for which they waited. My guess is that many of them were waiting for the guards to barge into the house and arrest them....
by Steve Thomason | Apr 1, 2015 | Personal Journal
Apparently dissertation writing is not horse shoes or hand grenades. You know the saying. “Close only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades.” I heard back from my advisor yesterday, regarding the second draft of my dissertation. “SO close,”...
