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Each program should make clear in its handbook how students go about selecting their dissertation advisors and/or committees, and set a timetable for doing so. Programs should be structured so that each student always has an advisor; leaving a gap between advice from the DGS and advice from the preliminary examination committee and/or dissertation advisor tends to prolong time to degree and increase attrition.

Chairs and DGSs need to be aware of the advising and mentoring relationships in their graduate programs. Monitoring the progress of each student is the responsibility of the program and not simply that of the faculty advisor. The dissertation chair and the other faculty members of a dissertation committee should meet with the student on a regular basis, and certainly a minimum of once a semester.

Policy on Advisors who have left Brown

Subject to the approval of the chair of the department, faculty who leave Brown may continue to serve as dissertation or thesis advisors for students whom they were advising at the time of their departure. Under normal circumstances, when a faculty member leaves, his or her advisees will be required to seek a new advisor. The program must be mindful of the need to provide students with some on-campus supervision and contact in the cases where a non-resident advisor continues service.

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Dissertation Committee: Roles, Functions, and How to Choose

The path to a dissertation is filled with choices that determine the quality of your experience as a student as well as the future strength of your professional network. 

Choosing your dissertation committee is one of the most important decisions–and one of the most fraught–that you’ll make as a graduate student. With the stakes being so high, many doctoral students worry about making a misstep and getting it wrong. 

Fear not! Putting together your dissertation committee becomes easier once you know the right questions to ask: of potential committee members, of your dissertation chair, and of yourself. While forming your dissertation committee can be challenging, striking the right balance will lead to a richly rewarding academic experience that will pay dividends throughout your career. Do your homework, and you’ll be just fine. 

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  • What does a dissertation committee do?
  • Who serves on your dissertation committee?
  • How do you choose dissertation committee members?
  • What can you expect from your dissertation committee? 

What Does a Dissertation Committee Do?

The basic function of your dissertation committee, which typically consists of five members, is to guide you through the process of proposing, writing, and revising your dissertation.  

Dissertation committee members serve in a mentoring capacity, offering constructive feedback on your writing and research, as well as guiding your revision efforts. They are also the gatekeepers of the ivory tower, and the ultimate judges of whether or not your dissertation passes muster. 

The dissertation committee is usually formed once your academic coursework is completed. It is not uncommon in the humanities and social sciences for dissertation committee members to also write and evaluate qualifying exams, and of course serve as faculty. By the time you begin working on your dissertation, you may know the faculty members who will serve on your dissertation committee quite well. 

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Who Serves on Your Dissertation Committee? 

To a degree, who serves on your dissertation committee is up to you. Dissertation committees usually consist mostly of faculty members from the doctoral student’s home department, though this can vary due to the rise of interdisciplinary programs. 

Some universities also allow an outside expert–a former professor or academic mentor from another university–to serve on your committee. It’s advisable to choose faculty members who know you and who are familiar with your work. 

While it’s a good idea to have a mix of faculty members, it’s also important to be mindful about the roles they can play. For instance, I always advise graduate students working in quantitative fields to have a statistician on their committee. When there’s big data to crunch, it never hurts to have a stats expert in your corner. You’ll also want at least one faculty member–besides your chair–whose research is in the same relative area as yours, or adjacent to it. 

How to Choose Dissertation Committee Members

Think Carefully. It’s tempting to approach a faculty member who is a superstar in their field (if not, necessarily, in yours) to lend a little extra sparkle to your own academic credentials. Or perhaps the kindly professor you can always count on for an easy A. Or even the faculty member you’d like to be friends with after graduate school. Right? 

Not so fast. Here are some things to keep in mind when building your dissertation committee dream team: 

  • Avoid Superstars. Though the prospect of having your department’s most eminent name on your committee sounds exciting, their star power comes with a price. Between guest lectures, books, keynotes, and conference travel, their time is not their own, and it won’t be yours, either. Choose dissertation committee members who have time for you. 
  • Choose faculty members you know, like, and can learn from. It’s not a bad idea to approach a professor whose coursework challenged you. One of the professors who served on my committee was such an exacting grader that my term papers for her courses were accepted for publication without revision (academia’s most coveted mythical creature). 
  • Keep your eyes on the future. Members of your dissertation committee can be your mentors, co-authors, and research collaborators throughout your career. Choose them wisely. 

Forming Your Dissertation Committee

Asking a professor to be on a dissertation committee

Reaching out to potential dissertation committee members and formally asking them to serve on your dissertation committee can be a surprisingly taxing process. It takes some planning, and you’ll want to put some thought into it before making the big ask. While being asked to serve on a dissertation committee won’t come as a surprise to most faculty–they know the drill–these are some considerations to know going in:

  • Talk to your advisor before approaching anyone to be on your committee. Remember, your advisor knows their colleagues in a way that you don’t, and is also aware of departmental politics, potential personality conflicts, and which faculty members are a good fit on a dissertation committee. Trust your advisor’s judgement. 
  • Know what you’re asking. Serving on a dissertation committee is a big time commitment for any faculty member. If they say yes to being on your committee, it means they are invested in you and your research, and they want to play a role in your future. It doesn’t hurt to send a thank-you note. 
  • Don’t sweat it if they say no. It does not reflect on you as a student or a scholar. A good faculty member is aware of their limitations, and they probably just don’t have the time or bandwidth to take on another big commitment. Thank them and move on. 

Expectations

Once your dissertation committee is formed, it’s time to get down to business. As a faculty member, I love serving on dissertation committees because doing so gives me the chance to work with grad students one on one as they journey into new frontiers and carve a place for themselves in academia. It is a deep, rich learning experience, and it’s thrilling to watch students transform into scholars. 

Even though researching and writing a dissertation is the most challenging work you’ll ever do, recognize this time for the opportunity it truly represents. In your dissertation committee, you have a panel of experts all to yourself, and they’re eager to help you knock your dissertation out of the park. This is the experience of a lifetime; take advantage of your dissertation committee’s time and talent, and channel that energy and goodwill into your development as a scholar. 

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The dissertation committee supervises a student’s dissertation work, determines the acceptability of the dissertation, and serves as the final examining committee.

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The dissertation committee must be on file with the Division of Graduate Studies no later than 6 months prior to the final oral defense.

Appointment Procedures

Each department or program determines its own internal dissertation committee approval procedures. After the dissertation committee is approved by the department, the Graduate Coordinator submits the committee recommendation in GradWeb.

Once the Division of Graduate Studies has reviewed and approved the committee, the student and department will receive an email confirming that the committee has been approved by the Division of Graduate Studies.

Departmental policies for membership of doctoral committees should be guided by Division of Graduate Studies policy, but may be more restrictive than Division of Graduate Studies School policy. Petitions for exceptions to Division of Graduate Studies committee policies may be submitted using the general petition form .

Committee Membership

The dissertation committee consists of a minimum of four members , each with a particular role:

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  • Committees in Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Physics also have an Advisor separate from the Chair

The chair has principal responsibility for advising the student. They should have adequate time available for this work and should expect to be accessible to the student.

If co-chairs are appointed, both co-chairs share the responsibility for the student's progress

The following requirements apply:

The chair must be a tenure-related member of the graduate faculty who holds a doctoral degree.

For a tenure-related member of the graduate faculty from a department other than the student’s degree-granting department, the student’s department must have authorized that faculty member to serve as chair (or co-chair) using the dissertation committee service nomination form .

Once a faculty member is authorized to chair in another department, they remain authorized to chair in that department indefinitely, or until the department asks to change the faculty member’s status.

Once authorized to serve in that capacity for a department, the faculty member can no longer serve as institutional representative for the department on future committees.

In those departments in which dissertation committees have both a chair and an advisor, the advisor(s) of a committee must be able and willing to assume principal responsibility for advising the student.

They should have adequate time available for this work and should expect to be accessible to the student. If co-advisors are appointed, both co-advisors share the responsibility for the student's progress.

In addition, the following requirements apply:

The faculty member must be a member of the graduate faculty with authorization to serve as advisor.

  • Professors of practice may be appointed to the graduate faculty and granted authorization to serve as a dissertation advisor in the student’s degree-granting department.

For a member of the graduate faculty from a department other than the student’s degree-granting department, the student’s department must have authorized that faculty member to serve as advisor using the dissertation committee service nomination form .

Once a faculty member is authorized to serve as advisor in another department, the authorization remains indefinitely, or until the department asks to change the faculty member’s status.

Once authorized to serve as an advisor for a department, the faculty member can no longer serve as institutional representative for the department on future committees, except in the:

  • Department of Biology
  • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Department of Physics

In these departments, if the advisor is not a member of the degree-granting department, the institutional representative must be from a different department or research institute than the advisor.

Core Members

At least one core member must be a member of the graduate faculty (including non-tenure-related members) from the student’s degree-granting department.

The remaining member may be a:

Member of the graduate faculty from the student’s degree-granting department

  • Member of the graduate faculty from another UO department

Non-tenure-track faculty member who is not a member of the graduate faculty

Faculty member from another college or university

  • Qualified practicing professional or community member

The institutional representative serves in the role of impartial, “outside” committee member who ensures that all rules and standard practices governing committee procedures are followed.

The institutional representative typically also offers substantive expertise related to the dissertation, although that is not required.

The institutional representative must meet the following requirements:

Must be a tenure-related member of the graduate faculty .

Must be from a University of Oregon department other than the student’s degree-granting department.

In the departments of biology, chemistry and biochemistry, and physics, where there the role of chair and advisor are separate, if the advisor is not a member of the degree-granting department, the institutional representative must be from a different department or research institute than the advisor.

Additional Core Members (optional)

Additional members may be appointed to the dissertation committee, at the discretion of the student’s degree-granting department.

An additional core nember may be a:

Interdisciplinary Doctoral Degree Programs

Each interdisciplinary degree program shall maintain a list of faculty members appointed to the program for purposes of graduate faculty membership and designated by the department as eligible to serve as chairs/advisors and core members or as core members only.

If a faculty member is appointed to serve as chairs/advisors or core members, they may not serve as institutional representatives for committees in that program.

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The committee consists of a minimum of five members, one of whom is external to the Ph.D. program or to NJIT. The majority of the committee members are NJIT Graduate Faculty from the student's program or department having research experience or developing research interests related to the dissertation research. The dissertation committee chairperson typically is the doctoral candidate's dissertation advisor. This chairperson must be a tenured or tenure-track faculty member in the program. Two committee members, including an external member, may serve as co-advisors. The advisor, or at least one of the co-advisors, must be a tenured or tenure-track faculty member from the program. The other members of the dissertation committee, except for an external member from outside the university, must be members of NJIT’s Graduate Faculty . Former students of any committee member, who are less than four years beyond doctoral completion, are specifically excluded from membership. The external members should either have appropriate faculty rank elsewhere or have sufficient research expertise.

For committee approval, the Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Appointment Report must be submitted to the Graduate Studies Office. Please use this link to initiate the electronic signature process for the Dissertation Committee Appointment Report if not already submitted, as well as all subsequent PhD milestones.     

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The Doctoral Dissertation Reading Committee consists of three faculty members (the principal dissertation advisor and two other readers) who agree to read a student’s dissertation and serve on the orals committee. All members of an approved reading committee are expected to sign the signature page of the completed dissertation. The reading committee normally serves on the oral exam committee, but not always. At the very least, the primary dissertation advisor and one reader from the reading committee serve on the oral exam committee. The student is responsible for obtaining signatures from advisor and readers before submitting the form to the Doctoral Programs Officer for final processing.

The rules governing the composition of the reading committee are as follows: at least one member of the committee must be from the GSE; the principal dissertation advisor must be on the Stanford Academic Council (AC); and any member of the committee that is not a member of the academic council must be approved by the Area Chair and the Associate Dean of Educational Affairs. In the last case, the Petition for Non-Academic Council Member to Serve on Doctoral Committee form (available from the Doctoral Programs Officer) and a current CV of the proposed member are required. This person must be particularly well qualified to consult on the dissertation topic and hold a PhD or an equivalent foreign degree. Non-AC members may not serve as dissertation advisors, but may serve as a co-advisor along with a member of the AC. Students may only have one non-AC member on the reading committee. The only exception to this rule is if you have more than the three members required for a reading committee. At least two members of the reading committee must be members of the Stanford AC. Reading Committee members must sign the Doctoral Reading Committee form (all forms located on the GSE website under current students>forms). Email confirmations or digital signatures will be accepted.

The reading committee formation, and any subsequent changes to the committee composition, are reviewed and approved by the Associate Dean of Educational Affairs. This signature is obtained by the Doctoral Programs Officer, not the student.

The University requires approval of the Doctoral Dissertation Reading Committee form prior to advancement to Terminal Graduate Registration (TGR) status, or before scheduling a University Oral Examination–whichever comes first in the student’s program. Further instructions for form completion are on the GSE Website.

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Choosing a Dissertation Advisor

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While some graduate groups may assign an advisor to a student upon admission to the program, in many graduate groups the responsibility for finding a dissertation advisor rests with the student. The choice of a faculty member who will supervise the dissertation work required to fulfill degree requirements is one of the most critical decisions a graduate student will make. A student will spend several years working with the faculty member of choice, and that choice will significantly affect the direction of the student’s career. Choosing a dissertation advisor, therefore, is an extremely important decision for doctoral students, although it is not immutable, as will be discussed later.

A student undertaking dissertation work needs an advisor who will be not only academically competent in a particular area but also willing to act as the student’s advocate when necessary. It is important that the student be able to work and communicate effectively with the advisor and not feel overwhelmed or intimidated in the relationship. Dissertation work can be lonely and isolating, and support from an advisor can be a crucial connection.  Each student requires the guidance of someone who will stimulate thought, who has sufficient interest in the student’s topic to produce new insights jointly, and who will challenge the student to think in a novel manner about the research.

Obtaining Information on Potential Advisors

Advisors generally serve as the dissertation supervisor. Students should be familiar with the University rules about who can supervise dissertation research and serve on a dissertation committee.  Several resources and strategies can help students identify an appropriate faculty advisor, as follows.

The graduate group website or handbook is a valuable source of information on potential advisors. Many graduate groups have developed websites that profile affiliated faculty members, including their areas of research, recent publications, and other academic activities. Literature searches can provide further information on the publications and preferred journals of particular faculty members. The graduate group chair can also provide valuable advice on potential advisors and can help students to become familiar with any specific graduate group policies on supervision.

Students can get to know potential advisors by taking a course, doing a lab rotation, acting as a teaching assistant, and/or attending seminars and other presentations by the faculty member.

Graduate students currently working with the potential advisor are an invaluable source of information. Students who are working or have worked with a particular advisor can be asked about their experience with that advisor and about the advisor’s expectations and working methods. Getting to know these students is also useful because anyone choosing to work with a faculty advisor would likely have close, future interactions with their students. Talking to multiple students is always encouraged given the possibly strong and differing opinions one might hear.

Students should make an appointment to meet potential advisors. Meeting a potential advisor is an essential step in determining whether a faculty member would be a good fit in terms of mentoring and interpersonal style and research interested. The following is a list of issues that might be covered in such a meeting: 

  • How many graduate students do you advise? (Students may not want to pick a faculty member who has too many students already.)
  • Typically, how often do you meet with your students?
  • Typically, how much time do you expect students to take to complete their dissertation?
  • How will we agree upon my research topic?
  • Are there sufficient funds available for the research project?
  • What will be the sources of my stipend/funding? What are ways you can provide assistance for finding additional funding if/when my stipend expires?
  • What level of independence is expected of your graduate students?
  • Is there any specific knowledge I need to have before starting to work with you?
  • Will I have the opportunity to attend conferences? Publish papers? Present work at colloquia? Are there funds available for me to do so?
  • Are you planning a sabbatical leave soon? If so, what arrangements for continued supervision will be made during your absence?
  • What opportunities would I have in this area of research when I graduate?
  • How do you typically assist students on the job market?
  • Will guidelines be drawn up for working together?
  • How will I receive feedback on my progress?

These questions are designed to help the student and the potential advisor determine whether a good match exists. Where appropriate, the student may also want to ask about the order of authorship on publications and intellectual property issues.

For students who are able to pick an advisor, the choice of a dissertation advisor is a decision to be made with a great deal of care and consideration. Discussion of the topics listed above will also give faculty members a sense of what students expect in terms of meetings, feedback, turn-around time on submitted work, etc. Taking time to explore these issues should result in a productive relationship for both student and advisor that culminates in a dissertation of original research, completed within a reasonable period of time.

Changing Advisors

There may be situations in which a student must change advisors. Some situations are beyond the student’s control; for example, when an advisor leaves the University or otherwise becomes unavailable. In other situations, the student may want to choose a different advisor; for example, if the focus of the research project changes to something outside of the current advisor’s expertise, or if work styles do not mesh well.

In these latter situations, students should understand that while there can be risks in changing advisors, it usually can be negotiated in a positive manner. Students deciding to change advisors should be sure to consult the graduate group for any specific policies and procedures that apply and be sure to ascertain if funding may change under a new advisor. Students should always be professional and respectful in interactions with the current advisor and potential new advisor and be certain that the proposed new advisor is willing and able to add them as a new advisee before discussing such a change with the current advisor. Students should focus discussions on interests and goals and not on negative incidents or difficulties. The potential new advisor, as well as leaders or other members of the graduate group, may have advice regarding how to broach this change with the current advisor.

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Ph.D. dissertation advisor and committee selection

Each student must secure a Doctoral Thesis Advisor (Dissertation Advisor, Advisor), and Dissertation Committee. The student should choose the Advisor according to her/his research interests and the field of mathematics where she/he wishes to pursue writing a dissertation. Typically the Advisor is a faculty member with whom the student has interacted previously, for instance, by having taken classes with her/him. The student should identify an Advisor as early as possible, ideally during their first two years in the program, but no later than by the end of their 3 rd year.

The Dissertation Committee, chosen in consultation between the student and her/his Advisor, serves as an advisory board to the student during her/his doctoral program, on issues such as class selection, research work, Oral Exam, dissertation preparation, and defense. The student is encouraged to form this committee as early as possible, but not later than the end of their 3 rd year.

The Dissertation Committee must consist of a minimum of 5 graduate faculty members, including the Advisor, who functions as the committee’s chair. At least 2 other committee members must be from the student’s major department/program, and at least 1 committee member must be from another department in a field related to the student’s major. Additionally, at least one Graduate School representative must serve on the committee. Formal approval of the committee is made by the Graduate Dean.

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Each PhD and EdD student must produce and defend a dissertation showing high scholarly achievement based on their original research. The student is required to submit an electronic document as evidence of this research. Students in all other doctoral programs should consult their academic programs regarding requirements and procedures for the capstone experience required in their programs.

Dissertation Adviser and Committee

When the student has been admitted into doctoral candidacy and has selected a dissertation subject and dissertation advisor, a dissertation committee should be appointed as soon as possible. The dissertation advisor must be qualified to serve as the chair of the dissertation committee, meaning this faculty member must be a member of the university graduate faculty and all members of the committee will be appointed by the Graduate College upon recommendation of the program director or director of graduate studies (in consultation with the committee chair and student). Students have the right to request a change in the committee but must do so in consultation with the graduate program director and their program must make the change in GradTracker. Preferably, the dissertation committee will include at least one person from outside the program, who might be faculty from the University of Cincinnati or another institution.

A dissertation committee must be composed of a minimum of three UC faculty members. Members of the university graduate faculty are eligible to serve on all thesis and dissertation committees. In addition, all tenured and tenure-track faculty members may serve on all thesis and dissertation committees (even if they are not members of the university graduate faculty, meaning they may not serve in the chair role and cannot act as primary advisors). Other types of UC faculty members may serve on committees if the appointing unit demonstrates that their expertise is beneficial for the dissertation project. Programs should make such requests to the Graduate College in advance, to be ascertained on a case-by-case basis.

Neither an emerit faculty member nor a faculty member from another institution may serve as the chair of the committee. Emerit faculty may remain on the committee if they were members when the proposal was accepted. A faculty member originally on a student’s committee who leaves UC to take an academic position elsewhere may also continue to serve on the student’s committee if both the faculty member and the student agree to continue the relationship. If a non-UC faculty member or appropriate professional practitioner has special expertise in a dissertation topic, such a person may be added to the dissertation committee if they are nominated by the candidate and approved by both the chairperson of the dissertation committee, the director of graduate studies for the academic unit involved and the Graduate College. All such individuals serve as a full voting member of the dissertation committee without compensation from either the university or the candidate and would serve in addition to the minimum number of three qualified full-time UC faculty.

A copy of the completed dissertation must be submitted to each committee member for critical evaluation, with sufficient time for review as determined by the dissertation committee. If it is considered satisfactory with respect to form and content by the committee, a final defense of the dissertation can be scheduled.

Final Defense of Dissertation

Students should check with their program office for the final deadline for their dissertation defense. The student’s final defense of the dissertation will be open to the public and all members of the academic community. Students are required to enter details of their dissertation defense, such as time, date, and location, online at the Graduate College website through the Graduation checklist steps. Begin at the Graduation webpage . One can also browse scheduled dissertation defenses by visiting the Upcoming Dissertation Defenses page .

The candidate answers questions posed by members of the committee and other members of the audience following an oral presentation of their dissertation. At the conclusion of the defense, the committee will withdraw, make a decision with regard to the acceptability of the dissertation and its defense, and report its decision to the candidate. At least ¾ of the voting members of the dissertation committee (including at least one representative of each major area involved, in the case of interdisciplinary programs) must approve the dissertation.

When the student’s dissertation committee chair has approved a defense, the student should assure that they have met all requirements for graduation including those in the graduation information obtained online.

Use of a Moderator

Although an outside moderator is not required, a moderator may be assigned by the Graduate College dean upon the request of the candidate, the chairperson of the dissertation committee, or the person empowered to approve the composition of a dissertation committee (the director of graduate studies for the academic unit involved). Moderators should be members of the university graduate faculty from outside the academic unit involved. The duties of the moderator are limited to observing the oral defense of the dissertation and reporting in writing to the Graduate College dean on the academic propriety of the proceedings.

Submission of Dissertation

After a dissertation has been approved, the candidate for the doctoral degree must submit their electronic dissertation by following the current instructions found at the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Information webpage . Students in all other doctoral programs should consult their academic programs for the capstone experience required in their programs. Deadlines are posted at the Graduation Deadlines page .

  • All thesis/dissertations must be electronically submitted by the student and approved by the advisor. Students log in via the link available on the Graduation webpage . 
  • Advisors are sent an email when the student submits for their approval, and the advisor then logs in to review/approve.
  • Once approved by the chair, the student is notified by email.
  • A Graduate College approval email is sent to the student once reviewed.
  • The program is copied on all email correspondence during the Electronic Thesis/Dissertation (ETD) approval process.
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Prelim and Dissertation Committee Membership

  • The  Prelim Advisor  (for Prelim Committees) and Dissertation Advisor  (for Dissertation Committees) is the primary intellectual mentor for the student. The Advisor is a full-time faculty member of Statistical Science (whether primary or secondary) and of the Duke Graduate Faculty.
  • The  Committee Chair  is a full-time faculty member of Statistical Science and of the Duke Graduate Faculty. Except in rare circumstances (cases covered by points 3 and 4 below) the Advisor is also the Committee Chair.
  • Secondary faculty members in Statistical Science that are full-time members of the Duke graduate faculty are eligible to serve as Prelim and/or Dissertation Advisors, though not as Committee Chairs.
  • If an existing dissertation Advisor leaves the department for another position, s/he can remain as Advisor though not as Dissertation Committee Chair. A proposal to remain as Advisor must be agreed on by the student and existing committee members, as well as the Director of Graduate Studies, prior to proposal to the Dean of the Graduate School.
  • The Committee has (at least) three full-time Duke graduate faculty members from Statistical Science; this count of three includes the Chair. One or more of these can be a secondary faculty member in Statistical Science.
  • External Member: Both Prelim and Dissertation Committees have one external/minor area member. This person is a full-time member of the Duke graduate faculty usually from another Duke department. For Dissertation committees (but not Prelim committees) ad-hoc appointments are sometimes made of Adjunct or Visiting Professors in Statistical Science, or researchers outside Duke who are closely affiliated with the program and specific research interests of the student. These irregular, ad-hoc appointments are made by the Graduate School on the basis of a proposal from the DGS, and require a CV and a short note on why the person is being proposed, what the nature/extent/expectation of his/her role is, and why there are no eligible non-Statistical Science Duke professors to serve as external. The Committee Chair, or proposed Chair, is responsible for providing this information/documentation to the DGS with the committee proposal form.
  • In the normal course of things it is preferable to have a single Advisor, to be clear about where the primary responsibility for intellectual leadership and mentoring rests. The provision for additional faculty members on the active Committee usually provides coverage of scientific/statistical areas without needing Co-Advisors. However, in (rare) cases when the thesis research is really in two areas, or two distinct aspects of one area, then Co-Advisors may be proposed.
  • Only faculty eligible to serve as Advisor may be proposed as Co-Advisor. In particular, Adjuncts, visitors, non-Statistical Science professors from Duke, or researchers from outside Duke are not eligible to serve as either Advisors or Co-Advisors; the External Member role provides the formal mechanism for such researchers to actively participate and contribute research guidance to a student.
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Dissertation Chair

Role: Primary project manager of the committee. The Chair will have both subject matter and general methodology expertise and will guide the student through the dissertation process. Duration: Begin in year 3 and continue until completion of the dissertation Time Commitment: 24 hours per session with student Selection: Doctoral students will select/approve their Chairs (see below for how to select a Chair)

Committee Member One

Role: Advise students on possible dissertation topics by narrowing down research interests. This committee member will have both subject matter and general methodology expertise. Duration: Begin in year 1 and continue in this role until completion of year 2. In year 3 the Advisor continues to support the dissertation committee in the role of Committee Member # 1 until completion of the dissertation Time Commitment: 2 hours per session in year 1, and 2 and 4 hours per dissertation course in year 3 with student Selection: The Dissertation Director will assign this committee member after matching expertise with student focus.

Committee Member Two

Role: Review dissertation document in preparation for preliminary and final defense. This committee member will have both support subject matter/and general methodology expertise. Duration: Begin in year 3, for courses 3 and 4 (BUS 902 & BUS 903) Time Commitment: 2 hours per course with student Selection: The Dissertation Director/Program Chair will assign this committee member after matching expertise with student focus.

Responsibilities by Roles

The responsibilities of the Chair include:

  • Staying current with dissertation policies and procedures
  • Implementing any changes
  • Advising the candidate from the first dissertation course until the completion of the dissertation and graduation (BUS 901 – BUS 903)
  • Guiding the candidate to complete a work plan for completion of the dissertation in each dissertation course
  • Guiding the candidate toward achieving a high level of technical and ethical quality in the dissertation research
  • Assisting the candidate completing the CITI and in navigating the IRB approval process
  • Assisting the candidate to complete their proposal
  • Providing guidance on the dissertation structure, formatting, content
  • Referring candidate to support functions when necessary – Doctoral Writing Center, Methodology Specialists
  • Guiding the candidate in the selection of methods/procedures for data collection and analysis
  • Preparing the candidate for the defense process

Dissertation Committee Members - Advisor/Reader

All members of the candidate’s committee share responsibility in ensuring that the candidate produces high-quality scholarship. The responsibilities of the Committee Members include:

  • Providing subject matter expertise and guidance
  • Reading drafts and provide meaningful feedback at each defense stage
  • Providing guidance on correct usage of APA
  • Directing student to editors list

Doctoral Candidate

The responsibilities of you as a doctoral candidate include:

  • Proposing a viable project that has collectible data to support conclusions.
  • Managing the doctoral research process, including initiation and continuation of communications with the Dissertation Chair and the Dissertation Committee Members.
  • Completing weekly work plans and contact form in GAP and bi-weekly meetings with the Dissertation Chair.
  • Meeting and abiding by the deadlines in the written and approved work plan and contact form.
  • Completing a successful preliminary defense.
  • Conducting ethical research that adheres to the approved written methodology received by the Institutional Review Board (IRB).
  • Completion of CITI certification
  • Completing a successful final defense.
  • Incorporating any feedback and recommendations from the Dissertation Chair and the Dissertation Committee Members.
  • Having a deliverable, scholarly written, edited, and properly formatted final draft of the dissertation research meets the university’s content and quality standards. (This is the completed Dissertation that must be successfully defended.)
  • Keeping the Dissertation Chair and the Dissertation Committee Members informed of developments as the research study is conceptualized, designed, conducted, and written. A Doctoral Candidate may consult with an additional statistician, Methodologist, or editor, but in no case should any person other than the Doctoral Candidate conduct the work associated with the dissertation research.

Note: If an event occurs that prohibits the dissertation research’s progression and completion; the Doctoral Candidate must communicate with the Dissertation Chair to obtain advice, service, or assistance. If any significant modifications need to be made to the timeline, the Doctoral Candidate must seek approval from the Dissertation Chair and the Dissertation Director.

Selecting Your Dissertation Chair

At the end of the second year, after successful completion of RES 751, doctoral students will select their Dissertation Chair. The Dissertation Chair serves as the committee lead, providing expert support structure in content, methodology and guidance throughout the dissertation process.

After successful completion of RES 751, students will receive an email from Student Services with a link to the Dissertation Committee Selection Form. Students will use this form to identify their first and second choice for Dissertation Chair.

Considerations for Selection

Selecting your Dissertation Chair is a crucial step in the dissertation process and should be done so with careful consideration. For advice on what to consider prior to selection, please see here .

To see a list of the available Dissertation Chairs and their subject matter expertise and qualifications, please see here .

Additional Support

While the students’ Committee Members and Chair will be able to provide substantial support throughout the dissertation process, additional dissertation support is available.

Doctoral Writing Center Specialists

Doctoral Writing Center Specialists are available to assist students from the time they begin their prospectus until the end of your dissertation. The specialists are able to guide the process of writing, organization and revising the dissertation.

The responsibilities of the Doctoral Writing Center Specialists include:

  • Provide suggestions and considerations for the author on organization, mechanics, cohesion, or flow.
  • Focus on the areas that the author has specified the need for.
  • Discuss aspects related to writing, not content.

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Methodology Specialists

Methodology Specialists provide support to dissertation students if it is determined that a proposed dissertation is sufficiently complex to require more in-depth guidance. Individuals in this role guide dissertation students in selecting the best approach to data collection and analysis.

Roles and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Providing in-depth guidance into both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies
  • Meeting students for 2-hour consultancy sessions (days/times may vary)
  • Proposing the most appropriate research design fit to address a problem statement and research questions or for testing stated hypotheses
  • Data collection and analysis
  • Presentation of the data
  • Conclusions drawn from analyses

How to Get in Touch: Please send an email to [email protected] for a current list of methodologists available.

Common Questions

For a list of responses to common questions regarding the chair selection process, please see here .

Contact Options If you have questions regarding any element of this process, please reach out to:

Dr. Geraldine Goodstone, Dissertation Director – [email protected] Dr. Alex Sherm, Program Chair – [email protected]

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By the end of the 2nd semester, a student will select a Dissertation Advisor who must be a member of the Ph.D. in Biology Faculty . By the end of the 3rd semester, a student will form a Dissertation Committee that should complement the proposed plan of study and reflect the interdisciplinary focus of the program. The student will complete the Appointment of Doctoral Dissertation Committee form and submit to the Graduate Coordinator.

The Dissertation Committee composition must follow these guidelines:

  • Be composed of no fewer than 4 members
  • Include the Dissertation Advisor who will serve as chair of the committee
  • Include at least two members from the Ph.D. in Biology Faculty (this includes the Dissertation Advisor)
  • At least 50% of the committee must be members of the Department of Biological Sciences (this includes the Dissertation Advisor, if applicable)
  • inclusion of member(s) on the Dissertation Committee from outside the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is allowed. Contact the Graduate Coordinator about the required paperwork to obtain the necessary appointment for this purpose prior to submission of the form.

The Graduate Coordinator will submit the signed form to request approval of the Dissertation Committee from the Dean of the Graduate School after appropriate consultation with the Dissertation Advisor and the student.

One additional member of the Dissertation Committee will then be appointed by the Graduate School to serve as a graduate faculty representative. The student may check a box on the Appointment of Doctoral Dissertation Committee form if the Graduate School may select this representative. Alternatively, the student in consultation with the Dissertation Advisor may include a specific graduate faculty from outside the Department of Biological Sciences to act in this capacity. In this case, the student should also obtain the faculty member’s signature on the form.

The student is required to meet with the Dissertation Committee once a year after Advancement to Candidacy. This provides the Committee with an opportunity to give input for the student’s research and spot deficiencies, if any, in his/her course of conducting dissertation research.

A Dissertation Advisor can dismiss a student at any time because of poor performance under their direction or failure to demonstrate timely progression toward the degree. If a student is dismissed by his/her Dissertation Advisor, it is the student’s responsibility to arrange for a replacement advisor within 4 months. If no faculty member has agreed to serve as the Dissertation Advisor within the designated time period, the student will be terminated from the program. The student must notify the Graduate Coordinator of the new Dissertation Advisor using the Appointment of Doctoral Dissertation Committee form .

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Advisory Committee

After passing the comprehensive examination, the student will select a Dissertation Committee which must be approved by the ORLD Coordinator and the Dean of Graduate Studies. The Committee will include at least four (4) members selected from the following categories. Each voting member must have UMES Graduate Faculty Status. The categories for committee members are as follows:

  • Chair Select from ORLD full-time faculty, as well as UMES full-time faculty. Previous Doctoral Committee Chair experience is preferred. 
  • Core Faculty Select from ORLD adjunct and full-time faculty, UMES faculty, or faculty affiliated with another accredited university who have expertise in the student’s area of interest. 
  • Research Faculty   Select from ORLD adjunct and full-time faculty, UMES faculty, or faculty affiliated with another accredited university who have expertise in research design and/or statistics. 
  • Associate Member or Secondary Core or Research Faculty This person may be selected because of expertise in a desired area.

One committee member (with full-time faculty status in the ORLD program) will be assigned the role of Dean’s Representative, a position that reports on the proceedings to the Dean of Graduate Studies. 

Proposal Defense

The student and his/her Dissertation Committee will agree upon a dissertation subject and accompanying research design. A quantitative proposal and dissertation manuscript will include the first four chapters (Introduction, Review of the Literature, Theoretical Framework and Hypotheses, and Methodology) of the final dissertation (usually six chapters: Introduction, Review of the Literature, Theoretical Framework and Hypotheses, Methodology, Results, and Conclusions/Discussion). A qualitative proposal and dissertation may contain a different number of chapters than those noted for quantitative proposals. Proposal templates are  available here . The student will follow the APA Style Manual (7th or latest edition) regarding referencing and appropriate citations. The students will follow the UMES Thesis and Dissertation Style Guide ( available here ) for specific formatting of the document.

The Proposal Defense, administered by the Dissertation Committee, is an oral examination of the research proposal. All members of the Dissertation Committee must attend the Proposal Defense either in person or via prior approved audio/video technology. If an emergency arises among a Committee member, the Dean of Graduate Studies may substitute that member with the Program Coordinator or the Dean’s Representative to the Dissertation Committee so that the Proposal Defense may take place. At least three Dissertation Committee members must be physically present for the proposal defense.

During the Proposal Defense—the oral examination—the Dissertation Committee members examine the student on all aspects of the proposed dissertation research as well as whether the student has the proper motivation, technical and intellectual capacity, and resources to complete the research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree.

Following the completion of the Proposal oral examination process, the Dissertation Committee will hold a closed meeting in which decisions will be made concerning the final form of the proposal. The student will be called back into the room to hear the Dissertation Committee decision. Dissertation Committee consensus is desired; however, the student passes the proposal with at least three of four affirmative votes. The student is required to bring  ORLD Form B  to the proposal defense. It is expected that the Dissertation Committee will work with the student to make any required changes. When the Dissertation Committee recommends substantive changes in the proposal, the student will not move forward to submit to the UMES Institutional Review Board (IRB) the request for approval of human subjects data collection until all edits have been made. After passing the Proposal Defense, the student is allowed to submit materials as needed to the UMES Institutional Review Board (IRB).

After passing the Proposal Defense, the student is admitted to candidacy provided that he/she submits the application for  Admission to Candidacy . This application form may be obtained from the UMES Graduate School ( https://www.umes.edu/Grad/ ). The timeline for Admission to Candidacy is five years after enrollment in the program.

If the student fails the Proposal Defense, he/she must re-defend the research proposal. A second failure or failure to re-defend within one year (but no sooner than 30 working days) of the first proposal defense results in cancellation of admission.

Dissertation Defense

The ability to undertake independent research and provide sufficient evidence of scholarship is demonstrated by submission of an original dissertation, which is required of all candidates for a PhD degree. A minimum of 12 dissertation hours is required to complete the ORLD Doctoral degree program. Prior to admission to candidacy, the student may register for no more than six (6) dissertation hours. After registering for all 12 required hours, the candidate must register for one dissertation hour per semester and summer session, including the semester or session in which he/she defends his/her dissertation. In other words, the candidate must be continually enrolled in dissertation hours until graduation. The candidate has up to four (4) years to successfully defend his/her dissertation from the time he/she was admitted to candidacy.

The Dissertation Defense MUST be physically attended by ALL members of the candidate’s Dissertation Committee, and the Dissertation Defense must be held in UMES facilities. At the completion of the defense, the Dissertation Committee will hold a meeting (without the candidate) to discuss decisions regarding the candidate’s pass/fail status and any recommendations for the final form of the dissertation manuscript. The student will be called back into the room to hear the Dissertation Committee decision. The Dissertation Committee has the following alternatives regarding the pass/fail status for the candidate:

  • Accept the dissertation without any recommended changes and sign the appropriate form.   
  • Accept the dissertation with recommendations for changes, and, EXCEPT FOR THE DISSERTATION COMMITTEE CHAIR, sign the appropriate form. After the candidate makes the recommended changes, the Dissertation Committee chair will review the dissertation and, upon his/her approval, sign  ORLD Form E .   
  • Recommend revisions to the dissertation manuscript and NOT sign  ORLD Form E  until the candidate has made the changes and submitted the revised dissertation manuscript for Dissertation Committee approval. Then, the Dissertation Committee will sign  Form E  if they approve of the changes.   
  • Recommend revisions and convene a second meeting of the Dissertation Defense. The second defense may take place no fewer than 6 months and no later than 12 months after the first defense. Candidates may be examined no more than twice. After failing the second attempt, the candidate’s admission to the graduate program is terminated.   
  • Rule the dissertation manuscript and defense unsatisfactory; therefore, the student fails and may not re-defend. Before or after recommended changes, the candidate fails if two (2) of four (4) Dissertation Committee members do not sign  ORLD Form E . In addition, the ORLD Coordinator may override any Dissertation Committee pass/fail decision. Circumstances for an override could include  a.)  a dissertation manuscript not in compliance with ORLD specified outline/style;  b.)  failure of the student to comply with IRB human subjects protection requirements; or  c.)  acts of plagiarism and faulty data handling and other examples of academic dishonesty that were found. These problems would go back to the student and the RAC with appropriate action to be taken as warranted, e.g., if an academic honesty or IRB issue and/or revisiting the dissertation manuscript for revision and a subsequent review following the above five pass/fail alternatives.

Although not an ORLD requirement, the Doctoral candidate may request a Public Seminar (open to the public) to serve as a dress rehearsal for the Dissertation Defense. The request should be submitted to the ORLD Coordinator.

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Dissertation Committee

The dissertation committee form affirms that a candidate has an approved  proposal or prospectus and that their  dissertation committee  is formed in accordance with program policies.  

DEADLINE: March 15 of the student’s fourth year or be placed on academic probation.

How to submit an approved dissertation committee form

The dissertation committee form is available in the Laney Connect Hub . Log in with your Emory credentials and follow the instructions to locate and submit the form.

Please note: if you have an external member of your committee, you will need to attach either a completed approval or a request for approval with a CV of the proposed member.

The Laney Graduate School team will review the form and confirm that the committee meets LGS policy requirements. You and your program administrator will receive a confirmation email when you submit the form and it is approved.

How to “Change” or add a “New” member of a committee*

The dissertation committee form is available in the Laney Connect Hub , in the "Milestones" section.  Log in with your Emory credentials and follow the instructions to locate and submit the form.

Please note:  If you have an external member of your committee, you will need to attach either a completed approval or a request for approval with a CV of the proposed member.

Note: If your committee changes, you MUST submit documentation at least one semester before graduation. If there is a discrepancy between the members listed on the committee form and other dissertation-related materials IT CAN delay your graduation.

Timing and Sanction

Student must obtain approval no later than March 15 of their fourth year. 

Students who do not meet this deadline will be placed on academic probation, will not be eligible for PDS funds, and may forfeit financial support.  These sanctions will be lifted when the student files a dissertation committee form.

Membership and Request for External Committee Members

The Laney Graduate School policies for dissertation committee membership are in the LGS Handbook .  Below is an outline.  Programs may have additional policies, and dissertation committees must meet both program and Laney Graduate School requirements.

  • At least three members of the dissertation committee must be Laney Graduate School faculty.
  • Emory faculty who are not Laney Graduate School faculty may serve on the committee, but do not count towards the three LGS faculty requirement.
  • Members of the Emory community who are not faculty may serve on the committee with the Dean's permission.  Instructions are below.
  • Scholars at other institutions may serve on the committee with the Dean's permission.  Instructions are below. 
  • When a dissertation committee member, co-chair/co-advisor, and chair/advisor who is an LGS faculty member either moves from Emory to another academic or research institution or retires, he or she can continue to serve as an LGS faculty member for a limited time.  See the Handbook for details.

External Committee Member Request

  • This applies to proposed members in categories 3 and 4 above.
  • The request should be made by the Director of Graduate Studies / Program Director, in the form of a memo addressed to the Dean of the Laney Graduate School.
  • The request should explain how the proposed member will contribute to the candidate's committee, and describe the expertise the proposed member brings.
  • The request should be accompanied by the proposed member's current CV.
  • The request should list the LGS graduate faculty members who are currently participating on the dissertation committee.
  • The request should be submitted with the LGS dissertation committee form.
  • If the request was submitted independently, before the LGS dissertation committee form, then the email giving permission should be uploaded with the LGS dissertation committee form.

Requesting an Extension for Chair/Advisor of the Dissertation Committee

If the faculty member who serves as a the Chair or Co-Chair of your committee left Emory and has served for the full amount of time allowed under our policy in the LGS Handbook, it is possible to request an extension to allow the member to continue to serve for a limited additional period.  This request is made by the Director of Graduate Studies/Program Director on behalf of the former Laney Graduate School faculty member.

The form for requesting an extension is in the Laney Connect Hub . Log in with your Emory credentials and follow the instructions to locate and submit the form.

Effective Date and Previous Policy

This policy was effective starting fall semester 2017.   Students who started their programs before the fall of 2017 must meet the dissertation committee deadline in effect when they first enrolled, and must have an approved dissertation committee no later than August 1 before their fifth year of study.   Students who started their programs before the fall of 2017 will not be placed on probation if they fail to meet the dissertation proposal defense deadline.

For students who started their degree programs prior to fall 2017, please refer to the previous candidacy policy and associated requirements (found most recently in the  LGS Handbook ).

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However, up to now, the main carriers of catalytic additives have been mineral sorbents: silica gels, alumogels. This is obviously due to the fact that they consist of pure homogeneous components SiO2 and Al2O3, respectively. It is generally known that impurities, especially the ash elements, are catalytic poisons that reduce the effectiveness of the catalyst. Therefore, carbon sorbents with 5-15% by weight of ash elements in their composition are not used in the above mentioned technologies. However, in such an important field as a gas-mask technique, carbon sorbents (active carbons) are carriers of catalytic additives, providing effective protection of a person against any types of potent poisonous substances (PPS). In ESPE “JSC "Neorganika" there has been developed the technology of unique ashless spherical carbon carrier-catalysts by the method of liquid forming of furfural copolymers with subsequent gas-vapor activation, brand PAC. Active carbons PAC have 100% qualitative characteristics of the three main properties of carbon sorbents: strength - 100%, the proportion of sorbing pores in the pore space – 100%, purity - 100% (ash content is close to zero). A particularly outstanding feature of active PAC carbons is their uniquely high mechanical compressive strength of 740 ± 40 MPa, which is 3-7 times larger than that of  such materials as granite, quartzite, electric coal, and is comparable to the value for cast iron - 400-1000 MPa. This allows the PAC to operate under severe conditions in moving and fluidized beds.  Obviously, it is time to actively develop catalysts based on PAC sorbents for oil refining, petrochemicals, gas processing and various technologies of organic synthesis.

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  1. Dissertation Advisors and Committee

    The Dissertation Committee. Each program should make clear in its handbook how students go about selecting their dissertation advisors and/or committees, and set a timetable for doing so. Programs should be structured so that each student always has an advisor; leaving a gap between advice from the DGS and advice from the preliminary ...

  2. Dissertation Committee: Roles, Functions, and How to Choose

    The basic function of your dissertation committee, which typically consists of five members, is to guide you through the process of proposing, writing, and revising your dissertation. Dissertation committee members serve in a mentoring capacity, offering constructive feedback on your writing and research, as well as guiding your revision ...

  3. Dissertation Committee Policy

    Committee Membership. The dissertation committee consists of a minimum of four members, each with a particular role: Chair; 2 Core Members; Institutional Representative; Committees in Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Physics also have an Advisor separate from the Chair; Chair(s) The chair has principal responsibility for advising the ...

  4. Composition of the Ph.D. Dissertation Committee

    The dissertation committee chairperson typically is the doctoral candidate's dissertation advisor. This chairperson must be a tenured or tenure-track faculty member in the program. Two committee members, including an external member, may serve as co-advisors. The advisor, or at least one of the co-advisors, must be a tenured or tenure-track ...

  5. PDF BIG DISSERTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE GUIDELINES Mission

    The Dissertation Advisory Committee (DAC): • Is a scientific advisory committee that will provide expert advice on all aspects of the thesis, from experimental paradigms to project feasibility within the time frame of a PhD thesis.

  6. The Dissertation Committee < University of Pennsylvania

    An important point of guidance from the advisor and dissertation committee - that is sometimes overlooked in the later stage of completion -- is to counsel the student on whether to embargo the dissertation. Penn requires open access publication of dissertations in the University's institutional repository, ScholarlyCommons. Open access ...

  7. Dissertation Reading Committee

    The Doctoral Dissertation Reading Committee consists of three faculty members (the principal dissertation advisor and two other readers) who agree to read a student's dissertation and serve on the orals committee. All members of an approved reading committee are expected to sign the signature page of the completed dissertation. The reading committee normally serves on the oral exam committee ...

  8. Choosing a Dissertation Advisor < University of Pennsylvania

    Choosing a dissertation advisor, therefore, is an extremely important decision for doctoral students, although it is not immutable, as will be discussed later. ... Students should be familiar with the University rules about who can supervise dissertation research and serve on a dissertation committee. Several resources and strategies can help ...

  9. Dissertation Advisory Committee (DAC)

    The DAC has four main missions: First and foremost, the DAC is a scientific advisory committee that will provide expert advice on all aspects of the thesis, extending from experimental paradigms to project feasibility within the time frame of a PhD thesis and to the scientific impact of the work. Second, the DAC will help monitor student ...

  10. Dissertation Advisory Committee

    The dissertation advisory committee includes 3 faculty members (in addition to the dissertation advisor) whose areas of concentration relate closely to the projected direction of the dissertation project. A list of potential committee members will be compiled by the joint decision of the student and dissertation advisor.

  11. PDF Best Practices for Dissertation Advisors and Advisees University of

    The dissertation advisor, along with the Dissertation Committee, the Office of Graduate Studies, and the Graduate Program Director, plays a critical role in a student's completion of the doctorate. The following guidelines are intended to help dissertation advisors understand and fulfill this role. Communication and Feedback 1.

  12. Ph.D. Dissertation Advisor and Committee Selection

    Review the Ph.D. Dissertation Advisor and Committee Selection process for the Ph.D. in Mathematics graduate program at the University of Nevada, Reno

  13. Dissertation

    The dissertation advisor must be qualified to serve as the chair of the dissertation committee, meaning this faculty member must be a member of the university graduate faculty and all members of the committee will be appointed by the Graduate College upon recommendation of the program director or director of graduate studies (in consultation ...

  14. Dissertation Advisory Committee (DAC)

    The Dissertation Advisory Committee has the responsibility to the University to assure that the requirements of the Program and of the Division of Medical Sciences are being met by the candidate. A major role of the Committee is to assist the dissertation advisor and the student in deciding when to close off further experimentation and to begin ...

  15. Ph.D. Committees

    The Prelim Advisor (for Prelim Committees) and Dissertation Advisor (for Dissertation Committees) is the primary intellectual mentor for the student. The Advisor is a full-time faculty member of Statistical Science (whether primary or secondary) and of the Duke Graduate Faculty. The Committee Chair is a full-time faculty member of Statistical ...

  16. Dissertation Committees

    Committee Member One. Role: Advise students on possible dissertation topics by narrowing down research interests. This committee member will have both subject matter and general methodology expertise. Duration: Begin in year 1 and continue in this role until completion of year 2. In year 3 the Advisor continues to support the dissertation committee in the role of Committee Member # 1 until ...

  17. Dissertation Committee

    The Dissertation Committee composition must follow these guidelines: Be composed of no fewer than 4 members. Include the Dissertation Advisor who will serve as chair of the committee. Include at least two members from the Ph.D. in Biology Faculty (this includes the Dissertation Advisor) At least 50% of the committee must be members of the ...

  18. Doctoral Dissertation Advisory Committee

    Advisory Committee. After passing the comprehensive examination, the student will select a Dissertation Committee which must be approved by the ORLD Coordinator and the Dean of Graduate Studies. The Committee will include at least four (4) members selected from the following categories. Each voting member must have UMES Graduate Faculty Status.

  19. Dissertation Committee

    When a dissertation committee member, co-chair/co-advisor, and chair/advisor who is an LGS faculty member either moves from Emory to another academic or research institution or retires, he or she can continue to serve as an LGS faculty member for a limited time. See the Handbook for details. External Committee Member Request

  20. PDF DMSc Thesis Advisory Committee Meeting Form

    DMSc Thesis Advisory Committee Meeting Form STUDENT - PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING FIELDS IN TYPE. SEND TO [email protected] FOR SIGNATURE. ... APPROVE THESIS PROPOSAL WITH THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS (TO BE COMPLETED BY COMMITTEE CHAIR): HARVARD School of Dental Medicine .

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