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Jumpstart Your Thesis/Dissertation Conference 2023

Information and presentation from the Jumpstart Your Thesis/Dissertation Conference held on 05.07.2023

Jumpstart Your Thesis/Dissertation     May 7th, 2023

     Miller Nichols Learning Center

    Program

9:30 – 9:45

Check-in at Welcome Table

MNLC 3rd Floor Lobby

9:45 – 9:55

Opening and Welcome Address by Cindy Thompson, UMKC Libraries Dean

MNLC 352

10:00 – 11:00

Covering All the Bases: Getting a Great Start on Your Literature Review

Scott Curtis and Dr. Jason Alston

MNCL 352

Zotero to the Rescue!

Tracey Hughes

MNLC 451

Developing a Writing Process that Completes Dissertations and Theses

Dr. Marcus Meade

MNLC 452

11:10 – 12:10

Covering All the Bases: Getting a Great Start on Your Literature Review

Scott Curtis and Dr. Jason Alston

MNCL 352

Successful Grant Proposals for Graduate Students: How to Find Funding for Your Thesis/Dissertation Studies

Dr. Alexis Petri

MNLC 451

Revision, the Key to a Finished (and Well Done) Dissertation or Thesis

Dr. Marcus Meade

MNLC 452

12:20 – 12:50

Lunch

MNLC 3rd Floor Lobby

1:00 – 1:45

Keynote Panel

Dr. Leah La Faver, Molly Doroba, Dr. Margaret Kincaid, Dr. Alison DeSimone, Dr. Marcus Meade

MNLC 352

2:00 – 3:00

Knowledge Synthesis: Documenting the Conversation

Mardi Mahaffy

MNLC 352

The Finish Line: Formatting and Submitting Your Thesis/Dissertation

Nancy Hoover

MNLC 451

It Takes a Village: Using Writing Groups to Tackle Your Thesis or Dissertation

Molly Doroba and Sarah Christian

MNLC 452

3:10 – 4:00

Closing: Bringing it All Together

MNLC 352