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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 | 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 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,”...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 7, 2015 | Personal Journal
Yep, it’s hard to believe, but I finished writing the entire dissertation (240 pages). This cold day when all activities were cancelled was a real blessing for me. I’ve been working since 6am (it is now 8:20pm) and I just sent the first draft of the...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 3, 2014 | Suburban Studies
The Deep in the Burbs Research Project is a story of a particular place in Midwest suburbia. It was necessary to pursue this research in a specific location, through participatory action research within three neighboring congregations, because it is my assumption that...
