dissertation proposals

[taobenli]

Hello, all

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[elricmelnibone]

I would start by looking at successful proposals written by people in your program, especially those by students who work with your advisor(s).

[juneflame]

Excellent advice. If you've never written one before, having a chance to look at the structure and format of a successful proposal will be helpful.

[tigg]

I ditto the above: the best samples I've seen are from folks in my department.

[jumpinjulia]

check out your dept. website/ask around because most schools/dept have some specific requirements that need to be in there; talk to these profs about what they want to see in there (since they have ultimate approving authority); and then... well, it depends what kind of diss you're going to be writing. For starters check out Marshall & Rossman's Desiging Qualitative Research (I used 3rd ed.). Depending on your specific type of antthro, there are probably some books specifically on your methodology which need to be covered/could be helpful. I think there's an anthro community somewhere around here which might be helpful place to ask, too.

xo J.

[deleonjh]

The community is anthropologist but I've found it's mostly undergrads. Still, couldn't hurt to ask.