List of Textboxes < > < >ix < > < > < >Acknowledgments < > < >xi < > < > < >Introduction < > < >xiii < > < > < >Chapter 1 The Doctoral Degree Facts of Life: The Beginning < > < >1 < > < > < >Chapter 2 Researching Your Committee: The Most Critical Research Project < > < >15 < > < > < >Chapter 3 Selecting a Dissertation Topic < > < >37 < > < > < >Chapter 4 Spending Money and Using the Twenty-first Century to Your Advantage < > < >51 < > < > < >Chapter 5 Designing Your Dissertation and Preparing the Prospectus and Proposal < > < >65 < > < > < >Chapter 6 Writing the Dissertation: Twenty Workdays to Go! < > < >85 < > < > < >Chapter 7 Defending the Dissertation: Two Hours to Doctor! < > < >101 < > < > < >Chapter 8 Celebrating, the Last Revision, and Postpartum Depression < > < >115 < > < > < >References < > < >119 < > < > < >About the Author < > < >121 < > < >
