Caryl was pretty chill. she asked me good questions - not super hard or anything. Eli's right - she's buffers and is totally on your side, like she pretty much asked me questions she thought i could talk about easily and would make me sound smart. Maybe you can contact her and talk to her about "what you can expect/what areas people might as you questions in" and you could maybe ask her about what might come from Miranda, you can also contact Miranda about this but I'm assuming you won't want to. But I totally talked to Kari and Caryl before my defense. She'll probably give you broad answers but it's still useful.
As far as the intro goes, i think you have to right idea, also definitely also address the theory you did you and your reasons for that as well. Also make sure you prepare it pretty well and sound confident (i think this might have been one of my problems). Since your doing it on the phone - you might want to use notes too, might as well. Make sure you have a copy of your thesis in front of you too. And make sure you've reviewed the theory a little before you defend - they asked me specific questions about theories and how i was using them and it was a little harder because i had only reviewed my thesis and not really the theoretcal research. Good luck.
As far as the intro goes, i think you have to right idea, also definitely also address the theory you did you and your reasons for that as well. Also make sure you prepare it pretty well and sound confident (i think this might have been one of my problems). Since your doing it on the phone - you might want to use notes too, might as well. Make sure you have a copy of your thesis in front of you too. And make sure you've reviewed the theory a little before you defend - they asked me specific questions about theories and how i was using them and it was a little harder because i had only reviewed my thesis and not really the theoretcal research.
Good luck.
When is it? i'll be thinking our you!
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