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Upcoming Electronic Thesis & Dissertation (ETD) Workshops 

For weekday ETD workshops on the Lawrence campus, click here for the KU Information Technology calendar .

For Saturday workshops on the Lawrence or Edwards campuses, click here for the Writing Center's Graduate Research and Write-In Information page .

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Formatting Guides

• ETD for Word, 2016 (PC) This guide, and the four below, contain step-by-step, how-to instructions for formatting a thesis or dissertation in Word. Screenshots from the ETD workshop are also included.
• ETD for Word, 2016 (Mac)

ETD Practice Document

• ETD Practice Document: Lawrence Campus Dissertation

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If you're ready to submit your final thesis or dissertation, click the blue text above to link over to ProQuest/UMI from the KU Graduate School. When you get there, click on Submit my Thesis or Dissertation then create a new student account or log in to an account you have already created. This is a separate account from KU so your KU login will not work.

ETD Formatting Guides for Older Systems

• ETD for Word, 2013
• ETD for Word, Mac 2011
• ETD for Word 2010
• Thesis and Dissertation Helpful Information This print-able guide book contains links intended to connect readers with sources for more information about department requirements, requirements of the KU Graduate School, the Graduate Studies calendars for the 2016-17 school year for both KUMC and KU Lawrence, and provides additional information on topics such as copyrights, embargoes, the KU Doctoral Completion Survey, the ETD Release Form, and more.
• Submitting Thesis or Dissertation Workshop This ETD workshop is generally given only once per semester (near the end of the semester) and covers a broad range of final tasks for thesis and dissertation completion, with a specific focus on how to submit the thesis or dissertation to ProQuest and the kinds of questions and screens you will see along the way. To find information for the next upcoming live workshop, visit the KU Graduate Studies News and Events page at https://graduate.ku.edu/upcoming-events.

Advanced Formatting Guides

• Managing Footnotes in Word A step-by-step guide for working with footnote spacing, separator lines, breaks across pages and fonts.
• Formatting third level (APA) run-in subheadings (PC) Run-in headings are those that share the same line with the main body paragraph text. Third- through sixth-level subheadings in APA style and fifth-level subheadings in Chicago and Turabian styles currently make use of run-in heading formats.
• Formatting third-level (APA) run-in subheadings (Mac) Run-in headings are those that share the same line with the main body paragraph text. Third- through sixth-level subheadings in APA style and fifth-level subheadings in Chicago and Turabian styles currently make use of run-in heading formats.
• Adding, Captioning and Listing Equations in Word Working with equations may be tricky in Word, especially if you need to caption them and list them in a "List of Equations" somewhere in your document. This video link and brief instructions sheet presents a work-around.
• Easy Document Navigation Tired of scrolling up and down through your 300-page dissertation? Use the Document Map/Navigation Pane features to jump through your document with one click. (Note: You will need to have set up your heading styles to use this function.)
• HELP!! -- Document Style Randomly Reverts, Destroys Formatting Documents originally formatted in Word 2007 or earlier sometimes can appear, when opened in later versions of Word, to have randomly relocated all text and formatting. Here are some tips for handling this frustrating phenomenon.
• Creating Hyperlinks in Word Create click-able bookmarks within your document, or across documents, or add links to web pages or e-mail to your document.
• Outline Style Headings Shawna Kelly provides a nice how-to guide for creating numbered, outline-style headings in Word. Outline style headings can be very tricky to work with, however, and she provides links to some caveats at the bottom of this guide. One additional note: although your department has the final say on the style of your thesis or dissertation, APA style specifically disallows the use of outline-style headings (see https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/16/).

ETD @ KU: Grad School Links

• Complete Formatting Requirements -- KU Graduate Studies Theses and dissertations must conform to the formatting requirements for both the KU Graduate School and ProQuest, where the final document will reside. Complete formatting requirements for KU Graduate Studies are located here.
• Complete Formatting Requirements -- ProQuest Theses and dissertations must conform to the formatting requirements for both the KU Graduate School and ProQuest, where the final document will reside. Complete formatting requirements for ProQuest are located here.
• KU College Office of Graduate Affairs Complete Master's Degree and Ph.D. Degree checklists for finishing up
• KU Grad School: Preparing to Graduate A first stop for becoming acquainted with the final steps in finishing your degree.
• Thesis/Dissertation Embargo Policy An embargo allows you to keep your thesis or dissertation from appearing in ProQuest's public listings after you submit it. There is special paperwork that your advisor must complete in advance, however.

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Theses & Dissertations

Graduate students preparing to complete a thesis or dissertation should review the following dates and guidelines to ensure their work is properly submitted and meets all requirements for graduation.

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Formatting requirements.

All theses and dissertations completed at KU must meet KU's requirements for formatting specific components, including Title and Acceptance pages.

Submission Deadlines

Find out when to submit your thesis or dissertation and other required items.

How to Submit Your Thesis or Dissertation Electronically

The University of Kansas requires that all students whose degree programs require defense of a thesis or dissertation must publish their research in order to fulfill degree requirements.

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Departments or advisors may require submission of a printed copy of every thesis and dissertation.

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Thesis and dissertation workshop.

This workshop covers what you need to know as soon as you get ready to submit your thesis or dissertation. It is offered once in the Fall and once in the Spring.

Previously Published Theses and Dissertations

We encourage you to explore theses and dissertations previously published by KU students from your department and related fields.

Embargoing Your Electronic Thesis or Dissertation

Embargo is the term used to describe a delayed release or delayed availability of scholarly work. Under certain circumstances, scholars may need to embargo their work.

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Creating a Working Outline

An outline is a systematic way of organizing your ideas for your paper. Any list can be an informal outline and may work for your purposes. Sometimes you may want to use a formal outline to manage your information as your research expands. This can help you organize your information as you draft your paper.

Many writers organize their work more quickly and easily when they first make an outline of the material they wish to cover. Since you already know your main points, the writing goes much faster. Also, outlining helps to discover if you have enough supporting reasons on the topic or evidence to prove a point, so you don’t waste time writing full paragraphs on a topic about which you have little to say.

The organizing principle of your outline will depend on your topic, the argument you intend to make, and the expectations of your audience. There are as many types of outlines as there are writers! Some people work better with longer outlines of complete sentences; others find that simple keywords do the trick. Whether you are developing a topic outline or a sentence outline, keep the following points in mind: 

• Work from your thesis statement. Everything in your essay needs to connect to your thesis, which is the main idea of the essay, so drafting a tentative one first can help unify your points as you start outlining. In fact, it's wise to put it at the top of your outline for reference. However, you will often find that your points change as you start to outline. Just make sure to adjust your thesis to fit with the direction of the rest of your essay. See Thesis Statements for tips on drafting one.
• Most word processing programs will automatically fill in the numbers and letters when they recognize that you are creating an outline.
• Start with broader topics by adding in major points. These can eventually turn into the topic sentences of each paragraph. 
• Then work toward the specifics with supporting details and evidence. Make sure to put the citations for any evidence from sources in the outline too. This will save you a lot of time later and helps to avoid accidentally plagiarizing.  
• Lastly, it may be helpful to include analysis in your outline as well. This means following the evidence with explanations of why it is important or useful to your point. 

You can easily build on your outline to the point where you have full paragraphs. Just remember to take out the outline formatting (numbers and indentation) before submitting a full draft of the essay. 

Sample Outline

An outline of a writing project can serve as a reliable road map to your project’s destination. By outlining your key points, you can ensure that your most important ideas do not get left behind. The following outline structure can be helpful as you develop your individual outlining style. This is a general outline structure. Some types of writing or assignments may require different sections and/or organizations, so check your assignment directions carefully. 

A. Introduction

1. Hook or attention grabber  

2. Introduce Area/Persons of Focus 

3. Provide context, background information, and/or key terms 

4. Thesis statement 

B. Background (optional depending on the type of paper)  

1. Historical Overview

2. Link between history and current events

3. Gaps in the current materials

C. Major Point I: _____________________  

1. Minor point related to Major Point I 

 a. Evidence (Name your sources in your outline!)  b. Analysis of evidence 

2. Minor point II related to Major Point I

 a. Evidence  b. Analysis of evidence

D. Major Point II: ____________________

1. Minor point related to Major Point II 

 a. Evidence   b. Analysis of evidence 

2. Minor point related to Major Point II 

E—G. Other Major Points, following the structure of C and D.

H. Conclusion

1. Restatement of thesis and summary of main points 

2. Connect back to the audience by explaining why they should care 

3. Next steps in the research and literature conversation 

4. Limitations in the research 

5. Final note like a suggestion or prediction 

Outlining is not the only prewriting activity you can try. See the KU Writing Center writing guide on  Prewriting Strategies  for more ideas.  

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We support a variety of research topics and approaches for student theses at the Chair of Innovation and Creativity. We supervise academic research, as well as applied research in cooperation with companies or other industry partners. We invite Master’s and Bachelor’s students to explore exciting and innovative Thesis Topics at our chair across multiple areas including  Marketing, Consumer Psychology, Employee Psychology, Managerial Decision Making, Innovation and Creativity, and, Topics related to Health, Well-being and Sustainability. You can find a list of Sample Thesis Topics below. We supervise multiple research methods including conceptual research with systematic literature reviews, surveys, experimental research, big data analysis, qualitative research, and case studies.

Bachelor Theses can be Literature Reviews and in some cases can include case studies, interviews, or quantitative research.

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• Students who wish to write their thesis at the chair of Innovation and Creativity should have completed (or be currently enrolled in) at least one class offered by the chair.
• Bachelor students who wish to apply are required to have successfully completed their “Proseminar.”
• The completed Application Form, CV, and the Email should all be in English
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Sample Thesis Topics Offered at Our Chair

1. well-being of consumers or employees: subjective well-being / physical well-being / financial well-being of consumers or employees in an organization.

Examples of Thesis Topics:

• Employees’ Well-Being Interventions in Organizations
• Improving Consumers’ Financial Well-Being
• How Can Consumption Improve Consumer Well-Being?

Helpful Literature:

Brüggen, E. C., Hogreve, J., Holmlund, M., Kabadayi, S., & Löfgren, M. (2017). Financial well-being: A conceptualization and research agenda.  Journal of B usiness R esearch ,  79 , 228-237.

Devezer, B., Sprott, D. E., Spangenberg, E. R., & Czellar, S. (2014). Consumer well-being: Effects of subgoal failures and goal importance.  Journal of Marketing ,  78 (2), 118-134.

Diener, E. (1984). Subjective well-being.  Psychological B ulletin ,  95 (3), 542.

Mende, M., & Van Doorn, J. (2015). Coproduction of transformative services as a pathway to improved consumer well-being: Findings from a longitudinal study on financial counseling.  Journal of Service Research ,  18 (3), 351-368.

Netemeyer, R. G., Warmath, D., Fernandes, D., & Lynch Jr, J. G. (2018). How am I doing? Perceived financial well-being, its potential antecedents, and its relation to overall well-being.  Journal of Consumer Research ,  45 (1), 68-89.

Page, K. M., & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2009). The ‘what’,‘why’and ‘how’of employee well-being: A new model.  Social Indicators Research ,  90 , 441-458.

2. Gender Identity / Social Identity / Stereotypes: In Consumer Behavior and in Organizations

Marketing for Stigmatized Consumers

The Effect of Identity Threats on Consumer Behavior

Gender Stereotyping of Brands / Service Providers / Employees: Implications for Organizations

Branscombe, N. R., Ellemers, N., Spears, R., & Doosje, B. (1999). The context and content of social identity threat.  Social identity: Context, commitment, content , 35-58.

Brescoll, V. L. (2016). Leading with their hearts? How gender stereotypes of emotion lead to biased evaluations of female leaders.  The Leadership Quarterly ,  27 (3), 415-428.

Chaney, K. E., Sanchez, D. T., & Maimon, M. R. (2019). Stigmatized‐identity cues in consumer spaces.  Journal of Consumer Psychology ,  29 (1), 130-141.

Reed II, A., Forehand, M. R., Puntoni, S., & Warlop, L. (2012). Identity-based consumer behavior.  International Journal of Research in Marketing ,  29 (4), 310-321.

Rogova, N., & Matta, S. (2022). The role of identity in digital consumer behavior: A conceptual model and research propositions based on gender.  AMS Review , 1-16.

Wooten, D., & Rank‐Christman, T. (2019). Stigmatized‐identity cues: Threats as opportunities for consumer psychology.  Journal of Consumer Psychology ,  29 (1), 142-151.

3. Digital Customer Experience / Online Word-of-Mouth / Social Influence in Social Media

• The Influence of Social Messages in Online Social Networks
• Identity-based Online Word-of-Mouth
• The Role of Social Media Marketing in Digital Customer Experience

Alves, H., Fernandes, C., & Raposo, M. (2016). Social media marketing: a literature review and implications.  Psychology & Marketing ,  33 (12), 1029-1038.

Appel, G., Grewal, L., Hadi, R., & Stephen, A. T. (2020). The future of social media in marketing.  Journal of the Academy of Marketing science ,  48 (1), 79-95.

Argo, J. J. (2020). A contemporary review of three types of social influence in consumer psychology.  Consumer Psychology Review ,  3 (1), 126-140.

Grewal, L., & Stephen, A. T. (2019). Identity in the digital age. In A. Reed II, & M. Forehand (Eds.), Handbook of research on identity theory in marketing (pp. 388–403). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Stephen, A. T. (2016). The role of digital and social media marketing in consumer behavior.  Current opinión in Psychology ,  10 , 17-21.

4. Innovation and Growth Strategies in Small and Mid-Sized Companies

Investigating the Role of Digitalization in Small and Medium-sized Companies’ Growth Strategies

Investigating the Role of Sustainability in Small and Medium-sized Companies’ Growth Strategies

Innovation Strategies for SMEs

Audretsch, D. B., Coad, A. & Segarra, A. (2014). Firm growth and innovation. Small Business Economics , 43(4), 743–749.

Karlsson, C. & Tavassoli, S. (2016). Innovation strategies of firms: What strategies and why? Journal of Technology Transfer, 41(6), 1483–1506.

Terziovski, M. (2010). Innovation practice and its performance implications in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector: a resource-based view. Strategic Management Journal , 31(8), 892–902.

5. Open Innovation / Co-created Innovation

• Open Innovation Approaches in SMEs: Effects on Innovation Performance
• B2B Open Innovation: Implications and Measures
• Effective Co-Creation and Open Innovation Ecosystems

Alam, Muhammad Aftab, David Rooney, and Murray Taylor (2022), “From Ego‐Systems to Open Innovation Ecosystems: A Process Model of Inter‐Firm Openness,” Journal of Product Innovation Management , 39 (2), 177–201.

Bogers, Marcel, Ann-Kristin Zobel, Allan Afuah, Esteve Almirall, Sabine Brunswicker, Linus Dahlander, Lars Frederiksen, Annabelle Gawer, Marc Gruber, Stefan Haefliger, John Hagedoorn, Dennis Hilgers, Keld Laursen, Mats G. Magnusson, Ann Majchrzak, Ian P. McCarthy, Kathrin M. Moeslein, Satish Nambisan, Frank T. Piller, Agnieszka Radziwon, Cristina Rossi-Lamastra, Jonathan Sims, and Anne L. J. Ter Wal (2017), “The Open Innovation Research Landscape: Established Perspectives and Emerging Themes across Different Levels of Analysis,” in Industry and Innovation , 8–40.

Chesbrough, Henry William (2003), Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology , Boston, Mass.: Harvard Business School Press.

Hossain, Mokter and Ilkka Kauranen (2016), “Open Innovation in SMEs: A Systematic Literature Review,” Journal of Strategy and Management , 9 (1), 58–73.

Markovic, Stefan, Mehdi Bagherzadeh, Wim Vanhaverbeke, and Marcel Bogers (2021), “Managing Business-to-Business Open Innovation: A Project-level Approach,” Industrial Marketing Management , 94, 159–163.

Piller, Frank T., Christoph Ihl, and Alexander Vossen (2010), “A Typology of Customer Co-Creation in the Innovation Process,” SSRN Electronic Journal .

6. Branding / Brand Extensions / Brand Equity / Employer Branding

The Role of Sustainability in Branding

Investigating the Relationship between Brand Equity and Sustainability

The Role of Employer Branding in attracting Generation Z Talents

Biswas, M. K. & Suar, D. (2016). Antecedents and Consequences of Employer Branding. Journal of Business Ethics , 136 (1), 57–72.

Keller, K. L. (1993). Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Managing Customer-Based Brand Equity. Journal of Marketing , 57 (1).

Olsen, M. C., Slotegraaf, R. J. & Chandukala, S. R. (2014). Green Claims and Message Frames: How Green New Products Change Brand Attitude. Journal of Marketing , 78 (5), 119–137.

Theurer, C. P., Tumasjan, A., Welpe, I. M. & Lievens, F. (2018). Employer Branding: A Brand Equity-based Literature Review and Research Agenda. International Journal of Management Reviews , 20 (1), 155–179.

Yoo, B., Donthu, N. & Lee, S. (2000). An Examination of Selected Marketing Mix Elements and Brand Equity. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science , 28 (2), 195–211.

7. Consumers’ / Employees' Privacy and its effect on Behavior

• Privacy Literacy and its Effect on Consumer Behavior
• The Role of AI in shaping Consumer Behavior or Employee Behavior
• The Role of Consumers’ Privacy on Marketplace Behavior
• The Role of Employees' Privacy on Behavior in Organizations

Abrardi, Laura, Carlo Cambini, and Laura Rondi (2022), “Artificial intelligence, firms and consumer behavior: A survey,” Journal of Economic Surveys , 36 (4), 969-991.

Alzaidi, Maram Saeed and Gomaa Agag (2022), “The role of trust and privacy concerns in using social media for e-retail services: The moderating role of COVID-19,” Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services , 68.

Martin, Kelly D., Abhishek Borah, and Robert W. Palmatier (2017), “Data Privacy: Effects on Customer and Firm Performance,” Journal of Marketing , 81 (1), 36–58.

Scarpi, Daniele, Gabriele Pizzi, and Shashi Matta (2022), “Digital Technologies and Privacy: State of the Art and Research Directions,” Psychology and Marketing , 39 (9), 1687-1697.

8. Social and Economic Inequality and its Influence on Consumer Behavior, or on Employee Bahavior

9. behavioral research with consumers or employees: consumer psychology and behavior including nudging; employee psychology and behavior including nudging, 10. the science of happiness: happiness in life, work, and consumption, thesis structure and timeline.

A typical thesis at our chair has the following structure for general timeline and touch points. Please keep in mind that each thesis is unique and might vary from the typical structure as needed. 

List of Resources used and Acknowledgement

At the end of the paper, you should include an acknowledgement and a list of all the resources used. 

In the first part, you should list all persons who have contributed to the work (in addition to any thanks expressed). This includes, for example, all persons who have familiarized themselves with the topic; who have explained how the software works; who have provided data; who have proofread the text and possibly contributed corrections. This exemplary list is not exhaustive. In addition to the actual acknowledgement, the purpose of this list is to make the influence of other people on the work transparent. 

In the second part, you must list all the tools and software used and also state what they were used for. This includes, for example, programming and analysis software such as SPSS and plugins, MAXQDA, etc. and generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT; in particular, when using generative AI (as well as when using literature sources), it must be stated exactly which sentences, sub-sentences or terms have been adopted literally (word-for-word) or analogously.

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Unlocking uranium's potential.

Margaret Lazarovits, Doctoral Student in Physics

Searching for science fiction through space and time.

Saeideh Nasiri, Doctoral Student in Biochemistry and Biophysics

Good bacteria protects humans from bad bacteria.

Prabhavie Opallage, Doctoral Student in Chemistry

Low-cost amino acids testing in newborns in developing countries, school of education and human sciences.

Abhishek Juneja, Doctoral Student in Educational Psychology and Research

Missing pieces of belonging, school of engineering.

Jasmine Deng, Doctoral Student in Bioengineering

Making new connections: improving traumatic brain injury outcomes.

Grant Downes, Doctoral Student in Bioengineering

Altering your memory: a game of telephone to combat type 1 diabetes.

Clement Feyijimi, Master's Student in Mechanical Engineering

Predictive modelling of nox emissions in internal combustion engines.

Vahidreza Gharehbaghi, Doctoral Student in Civil Engineering

Innovative dam inspection.

Kara Hageman, Doctoral Student in Bioengineering

The material team to beat orthopedic infection.

Mahmudul Hasan, Doctoral Student in Computer Science

Trojan resilient computing in cots processors under zero trust.

Quentin Jarrell, Master's Student in Bioengineering

Unravelling our genetic puzzle.

Sean Kang, Master's Student in Mechanical Engineering

Streamlined battery safety: nonlinear double capacitor model for internal short circuit driven thermal runaway detection and isolation.

Payal Makhasana, Doctoral Student in Civil Engineering

Predicting drought from space.

Mashfiq Rizvee, Doctoral Student in Computer Science

A persistent hierarchical bloom filter-based framework for scalable authentication and tracking of ics.

Fairuz Shadmani Shishir, Doctoral Student in Computer Science

Metallm: residue-wise metal ion prediction using deep transformer model.

Steven Stennett, Master's Student in Construction Management

Designing and constructing for safety, school of music.

Matt Anderson, Doctoral Student in Music

Understanding ourselves: national identity through music.

Emily Riding, Master's Student in Music

Gender gap in the brass section, school of pharmacy.

Srija Ramisetty, Doctoral Student in Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Forecasting drug distribution in human organs: the power of mathematical computer models.

Mikayla Smith, Doctoral Student in Pharmaceutical Chemistry

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