“Writing The Prospectus and Defining Ourselves”

Heather Lynch, Doctoral Candidate, LL

October 13, 2011

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Tonight’s Presenter: Heather Lynch, Doctoral Candidate• Doctoral student• Research interests:

video gaming and literacy; adolescent readers who struggle; multimodality

• Defended her prospectus fall of 2011

• Doctoral advisor: Peggy Albers

Writing The Prospectus and

Defining OurselvesPresented by Heather L. Lynch

What comes to mind when you imagine writing your prospectus?

“The only journey is the journey within.”- Rainer

Maria Rilke

Conceptualizing My Prospectus

Is there anything worthy in

video games?

Students As Gamers

Husband As Gamer

Parents, Teachers, and the “Establishment” vs. Gamers

Where to Start?O The Literature!O Helpful first steps:

O Course ReadingsO Tip: Be thoughtful

about designing your program of study.

O Discussions with Advisor

O Research LibrarianO Directed Reading

So Much to Read…I focused on the work of researchers who…O Make me nod my head as I read their

work.O Talk about ideas that have room for

development?O Would get along well at the

ideological “dinner table” or…O Fill in gaps for each other.

Developing Questions

Questions

Problem

MethodLiterature

Methodologies Galore: Finding What Fits

• Narrative• Case Study/Life

History

Narrative

• Narrative• Mediated

Discourse Analysis

• Analytic Autoethnography

Mediated Narrative • Mediated

Discourse Analysis

• Case Study Methods

Case Study

Taking RisksO “Avid Gamers”O “Symbiotic Flow”O Mediated

Discourse Methods

O Understandings of Quality

O Participant Selection- emic/etic

Defining Myself in My Prospectus

Potential for Future Scholarsh

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Professional Identity

Innovative

Methods Research Identity

Sound Alignment of Ideas

Philosophical Identity

Organizing to Write: OneNote

Organizing to Write

Organizing to Write

Building My CommitteeO Criteria for My Committee:

O Shared Philosophies About ResearchO Shared Perspectives Relating to What

Matters in Literacy Education Writ Large

O Productivity in their Own WorkO Responsivity Towards Me Over TimeO Interest in My Future GoalsO Faculty Research Status

Presentation: PPPPP

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Show Time!O Logistics:

O Practice ahead of time.O Get there early!O Have presentation available by multiple means.O Be prepared to record notes without distracting

you for being in the moment.O Remind yourself that you know your stuff!

O Aesthetics:O Coffee?O Snacks?O Have everything ready before professors and

supporters show up.

Celebrate!O Revel in the successes

along the way (even the little ones)!

O Include your loved ones in moments of celebration.

O Take time to collectively look at your accomplishments.

O Remind yourself of how far the journey has taken you!

“The only journey is the journey within.”- Rainer

Maria Rilke

Thank you to

Heather Lynch (and best of luck on your

dissertation!)

October 13, 2011

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Please join us for our final Fall Doctoral Web Seminar

Featuring

Alisha WhiteDoctoral Candidate

“Writing for Publication”October, 27, 2011

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