The responsibilities of the Chair include:

• Being familiar and current with dissertation policies and procedures
• Advising the candidate from the first dissertation course until the completion of the dissertation and graduation
• Guiding the candidate to set a project schedule for completion of the dissertation
• Guiding the candidate toward achieving a high level of technical qualtiy and ensuring ethics in research is achieved
• Assisting the candidate in developing a quality prospectus and in navigating the IRB approval process
• Providing guidance on the dissertation structure, formatting, content
• Guiding the candidate in the selection of methods/procedures for data collection and analysis
• Preparing the candidate for the preliminary and defense process

All members of the candidate’s committee share responsibility in ensuring that the candidate produces high-quality scholarship. The responsibilities of the Committee Members include:

• Providing guidance on disseration topic selection based on student’s interest
• Reading manuscripts within the agreed-upon time frame, suggesting substantive editoral changes, and providing rationale for their support and critiques
• Providing guidance on subject matter expertise
• Guiding the candidate in the selection of methods/procedures for data collection and analysis
• Directing student to editors list

The responsibilities of you as a doctoral candidate include:

• Proposing a viable project that has collectible data to support conclusions.
• Managing the doctoral research process, including initiation and continuation of communications with the Dissertation Chair and the Dissertation Committee Members.
• Completing weekly work plans and contact form in GAP and bi-weekly meetings with the Dissertation Chair.
• Meeting and abiding by the deadlines in the written and approved work plan and contact form.
• Completing a successful preliminary defense.
• Conducting ethical research that adheres to the approved written methodology received by the Institutional Review Board (IRB).
• Completion of CITI certification
• Completing a successful final defense.
• Incorporating any feedback and recommendations from the Dissertation Chair and the Dissertation Committee Members.
• Having a deliverable, scholarly written, edited, and properly formatted final draft of the dissertation research meets the university’s content and quality standards. (This is the completed Dissertation that must be successfully defended.)
• Keeping the Dissertation Chair and the Dissertation Committee Members informed of developments as the research study is conceptualized, designed, conducted, and written. A Doctoral Candidate may consult with an additional statistician, Methodologist, or editor, but in no case should any person other than the Doctoral Candidate conduct the work associated with the dissertation research.

Note: If an event occurs that prohibits the dissertation research’s progression and completion; the Doctoral Candidate must communicate with the Dissertation Chair to obtain advice, service, or assistance. If any significant modifications need to be made to the timeline, the Doctoral Candidate must seek approval from the Dissertation Chair and the Dissertation Director.

Doctoral Writing Center Specialists are available to assist students from the time they begin their prospectus until the end of your dissertation. The specialists are able to guide the process of writing, organization and revising the dissertation.

The responsibilities of the Doctoral Writing Center Specialists include:

• Provide suggestions and considerations for the author on organization, mechanics, cohesion, or flow.
• Focus on the areas that the author has specified the need for.
• Discuss aspects related to writing, not content.

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