Last month I told you about the process I went through to create my prospectus draft, and how I determined that traveling outreach exhibitions organized by museums and related cultural institutions is my core topic of inquiry. Today, I’ll share the revisions I made to that initial draft, and how I refined my burgeoning argument.… Continue reading Dissertation Work, April Update
Category: Dissertation
Dissertation Work, March Update
The last few months have been rather busy for me regarding the dissertation, but the work has changed slightly as I’ve settled into the new year. If January was all about sorting through potential subtopics and archival repositories, February and early March have been about distilling those various resources into a coherent prospectus draft. Since… Continue reading Dissertation Work, March Update
Dissertation Work, February Update
Last month I shared some of the big ideas I’ve been thinking about regarding the dissertation. Today I’ll talk about how I’ve been exploring different topics within those bigger ideas to render them more manageable. I started January’s work by taking a closer look at the idea of federal art funding. While attending an online… Continue reading Dissertation Work, February Update
Dissertation Work, January Update
As promised in last week’s post, here’s my first update on my dissertation work for 2021. Since we’re covering what I’ve been up to since finishing comps, today’s post will be a bit longer. At this point, I’ve been doing more thinking than finished writing. While I do have a growing repository of free-write sessions… Continue reading Dissertation Work, January Update
So What Exactly is a Dissertation Prospectus, Anyway?
At the beginning of this year, a time that feels like a million years ago now, I wrote a post called “So How Exactly Do You Get a Ph.D., Anyway?” In that post, I described the basic steps you go through to get a degree in American Studies at William & Mary. Today, I’d like… Continue reading So What Exactly is a Dissertation Prospectus, Anyway?