In order to serve as a Graduate School Representative (GSR), the proposed candidate: Must be a Graduate Faculty member with an endorsement to chair (check Graduate Faculty Locator). Must be clear of any conflicts of interest (see below). The GSR is responsible for ensuring that no such conflicts of interest, or appearance of conflicts of interest, exist, and must attest to this upon request. Primary Appt. Joint Appt. Affiliate Appt. Adjunct Appt. Proposed GSR has appt in student’s/committee chair’s dept No…
Doctoral students in interdisciplinary programs face unique challenges in forming dissertation committees. Based on our experience as directors of three such programs (Public Health Genetics, Urban Design and Planning, and Astrobiology), we offer the following suggestions. Your first challenge Find the optimal set of members — especially the right chair (or two co-chairs) for your committee. Committee members need to: In planning for a dissertation, you should consult extensively with faculty members in your program for guidance about: The role…
To graduate with a master’s (thesis program) or doctoral (dissertation program) degree, students are required to submit an Electronic Thesis/Dissertation (ETD) and a Committee Approval Form to the Graduate School through the UW ETD Administrator Site. ETDs are distributed by ProQuest/UMI Dissertation Publishing and made available on an open access basis through UW Libraries ResearchWorks Service. The Graduate School partners with the UW Libraries to provide comprehensive resources for students as they write, submit, and publish academic theses or dissertations. These pages…
A quorum of four members from the supervisory committee including the Chair, Graduate School Representative (GSR), and two additional general members must be present at a General and Final Exam (see Graduate School Policy 4.2 for details). In the event that a member of the committee should unexpectedly not attend an exam, the following procedures should be followed. In all cases, an attempt must be made to contact the absent member before taking any action.
Departments may hold General and Final Examinations virtually. These are minimum Graduate School requirements regarding virtual doctoral examinations. Individual departments may have stricter requirements and participants should contact the departments prior to organizing virtual examinations. Graduate School Requirements As stated in Graduate School Policy 4.2, General and Final Examinations must have four committee members present – the Chair, GSR and at least one additional Graduate Faculty member. If any member(s) and/or the student needs to participate at an exam but cannot…
This policy establishes the requirements for supervisory committees for graduate students.
This policy establishes eligibility requirements and expectations for members of the Graduate Faculty.
This policy establishes the Graduate School requirements for all graduate degree programs.
Giselle Antoine Business Dissertation: “Organizational Cultures of Guilt and Shame” English Dissertation: “Decolonizing Collaboration in English Language Teaching: Teacher Identity and Tanzania” Renee Lynch is a PhD candidate in the English Department whose dissertation examines how English teachers negotiate identity during collaboration and make sense of these identities in the context of larger discourses around English language, race, colonialism and development. Arthur Obst Philosophy Dissertation: Wilderness for Wildness: Saving the Wild in a Post-Natural World Arthur Obst is a PhD…
What do you do when it becomes clear your graduate advisor will never let you graduate due to personal conflicts? —Anonymous Yeesh. I am so, so sorry. It’s clear from the tone of your question that you are not being dramatic or flippant. This is one of the worst case scenarios for a graduate student. But please be assured that you are not the first nor the only, and there are protocols and strategies in place just for this….