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I'm a procrastinator. Like, professional level. For years, I'd work in huge chunks right before big deadlines and hate myself the whole time. For my dissertation, I knew that wouldn't work. You can't write 200 pages in a weekend. So I invented micro-deadlines. The big deadline: Dissertation due...

I'm a history major, and I really, really want to graduate with honors. To do that, I need to write a thesis. The problem? I switched majors late, so I don't have the full year that most people take. I have one semester. Four months. January to April. My advisor said it's "ambitious" which I'm...

This is THE question, isn't it? I'm a first-year PhD student, and I'm currently in the thick of this. It's terrifying to think that a decision I make now will be the central obsession of my life for the next 2-4 years. My supervisor gave me some advice that really resonated, so I'll pass it on...

Transitioning from broad research areas to a focused, well-defined dissertation or thesis topic is a critical step for graduate students. The topics below are designed to be specific enough to be feasible for a multi-month or multi-year research project, while being firmly rooted in the most...