1st Edition

From Student to Scholar A Guide to Writing Through the Dissertation Stage

By Keith Hjortshoj Copyright 2019
204 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

From Student to Scholar guides graduate students through the "hidden" developmental transition required in writing a dissertation and moving beyond, to become a successful scholar. Identifying common rhetorical challenges across disciplines, author Hjortshoj explains how to accommodate evolving audiences, motivations, standards, writing processes, and timelines. One full chapter is devoted to... Read more

Table of Contents

  1. The Hidden Transition
  2. Convenient Myths

    The End of Schooling

  3. The Rhetoric of Student Writing
  4. Common Ground

    Evolving Forms and Expectations

    Simulation and Frames of Reference

    Performance and Process

    Motivations and Standards

  5. The Rhetoric of Graduate and Professional Writing
  6. Turning Points

    Forms, Frames, and Movement: Where do we begin and, from there, where do we go?

    The Scope and Scale of a Dissertation

    Conceptual Balance

    Interdisciplinary Reference Frames

  7. Relations with Advisors
  8. Getting the Work Done
  9. Disillusionment

    Productive Use of Time: The behavioral consensus

    What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

    Draft Management

    The Social Dimensions of Scholarship

  10. Writing Blocks
  11. What is a Writing Block?

    Why do Blocks Occur?

    Analysis, Resistance, and Release

  12. A Note to International Students
  13. Looking Ahead

Biography

Keith Hjortshoj is the emeritus Director of Writing in the Majors and Senior Lecturer in the Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines at Cornell University, USA.