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On this page are links to sites and documents important to graduate students currently working with me on dissertations, theses, specialized exams, or other activities.

For M.A. Students:

• If you want me to be your M.A. Thesis Director, or I am your M.A. Thesis Director, click here.

• Very smart advice about choosing a Ph.D. program, from Dr. Suzanne Keen at Washington and Lee University

• Look up some guides to finding good graduate schools, such as Clark et al., The Real Guide to Graduate School: What you Better Know Before You Choose Humanities & Social Sciences (Lingua Franca, 1997).

For Ph.D. Students:

• If you want me to be your Ph.D. Dissertation Director, or I am your Ph.D. Disssertation Director, click here.

• A book that you should own and memorize:
  Kathryn Hume, Surviving Your Academic Job Hunt: Advice for Humanities Ph.D.s (Palgrave, 2005).

• Amy J. Elias, "Self-Determination and the Job Market" (a Powerpoint presentation not yet online)

General Information:

• UT Graduate School Thesis and Defense Deadlines

• UT Department of English Graduate Handbook: Your Bible

• UT Guide to the Preparation of Theses and Dissertations:

• UT Graduate Catalog: http://diglib.lib.utk.edu/dlc/catalog/

• UT Center for International Education: http://web.utk.edu/~globe/

Other:

• Amy J. Elias, "Graduate Students and the Work of Scholarly Publication" (a Powerpoint presentation not yet online)