Thesis=Defended
- May 6th, 2009
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I am happy to announce that I defended my MA thesis on Monday morning. Overall, it went well with some lively discussion about my work. I am happy to be done: the writing process has been difficult and very trying at times. There are some things about the process, and the constraints of an English program, which I did not forsee. Graduate school ended up involving a lot of things I did not want it to when I began back in January of 2007.
It’s become quite clear that I will not be heading towards a PhD, but in some other direction yet to be determined.
I need to thank again my advisors, Dr. David Tietge and Dr. Liora Brosh for all their help and guidance. This week I will be doing one last set of revisions and then handing in my work for a final grade. No matter the outcome or grade I am glad I went through this process, which has given me a number of research paths to undertake in the future.
Here is a PDF of what I read on Monday. It is very hard to summarize my ideas in fifteen to twenty minutes, but the general idea is there.
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In complete opaqueness I actually have one class left to complete which I found about on Thursday. Congratulations back to you on your successful defense! I did read your posted pdf and thought it was quite good. I think it is interesting that you mentioned your desired to move away from English as I have become more interested in it, to the point of considering pursuing a second Master’s in English.
Just from your writings and work here I think you would a seriously deadly librarian especially in a teaching/writing/English-intensive/technologically diverse program.
Out of sheer curiosity, what do you think is the main thing moving you away from English at this juncture?
Again many congratulations to you!!
If I were to continue in an English program it would have to be one which was very open to elit/New Media/etc. I need it to be technology diverse, as you said, and open to work outside of print culture. Perhaps I just had a bad experience at my graduate school.
Yes, becoming a librarian seems like that might a good direction to combine both my love of English (which I really do love) and technology. This summer I am going to investigate this potential option.