Welcome to The Diss-Blog!
What goes here? My original purpose here was to document my experience with my dissertation, including the study, publications, and presentations involved. Since finishing my PhD, I’m transitioning this content into general updates on academic life as an early-career teacher-scholar.
Who is this for? When reporting on my experience with research and teaching projects, I’m thinking about my colleagues who are also junior scholars and want to do similar work but want a starting point–or a few tips/pointers from a real person who has done this recently.
A grain of salt: Again, this is all going to be highly specific to my own experience navigating the academy. Any advice may end up being outdated very quickly, and others may vary institution to institution.
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4C25
Brief information about my presentation at the Conference on College Composition and Communication.
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From dissertating to the tenure-track!
The Summer after my dissertation defense, and transitioning from graduate student to faculty status, has been nothing short of exciting. Here’s a quick roundup of everything (personal and professional) that’s happened! Preparing the dissertation for deposit One of my goals after defense was to revise my dissertation to make it more competitive for potential awards,
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Defense Day!
TODAY’S THE DAY! First, here is my full draft of acknowledgements for this dissertation project. Thank you to everyone involved! Next, you can view my slides for the defense below. Watch this space for post-defense updates, including (hopefully) a recording!
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THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
I’m writing this post with two exciting updates on finishing my PhD: First, on April 4th at 3 PM EDT, I will defend my dissertation, “Mentoring, advocacy, resilience: Investigating strategies of agility by writing program administrators”–or, as insiders call it, “M.A.R.I.S.A.W.P.A.” This defense will be public, with opportunities to attend in-person on campus or via
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THE TOOLKIT IS IN DEVELOPMENT!
I’m excited to announce that the “WPA Toolkit,” referenced as a goal from my dissertation study, is in its first stages of development in collaboration with an excellent student team from Purdue University’s Experience Studio. They’ll be iterating on the data I’ve already collected to understand potential WPA users of the Toolkit and then bringing
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Choosing Texts for Teaching
On March 28, I will be visiting ENGL518, Teaching English as a Second Language: Principles and Practices. Below is the presentation slidedeck. In this presentation, we included a few additional materials: This presentation was done in collaboration with Introductory Composition Director Dr. Bradley Dilger. Our Introductory Composition office hours can be found here.
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My Presentation at WRAB 2023
Hello to my fellow attendees of the 2023 Writing Research Across Borders conference! I look forward to meeting you and discussing our work together. I have a dedicated page for information on my WRAB talk, “Writing Programs Texts in Critical Times;” attendees and non-attendees alike are welcome to check it out.
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The Prospectus Defense
On January 19th, 2023, at 1pm, I will defend my dissertation prospectus. And you can watch! Read this post for more information on the dissertation prospectus defense.
Marisa Yerace 