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Informationen zum Autor Keith Hjortshoj is the emeritus Director of Writing in the Majors and Senior Lecturer in the Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines at Cornell University, USA. Klappentext From Student to Scholar guides graduate students through the "hidden" developmental transition required in writing a dissertation and moving beyond, to become a successful scholar. Identifying common rhetorical challenges across disciplines, author Hjortshoj explains how to accommodate evolving audiences, motivations, standards, writing processes, and timelines. One full chapter is devoted to "writing blocks," and another offers advice to international students who are non-native speakers of English. The text also offers advice for managing relations with advisors and preparing for the diverse careers that PhDs, trained primarily as research specialists, actually enter. On the basis of more than thirty years of consultations with graduate students, this volume is an important addition to graduate thesis seminars and composition courses, as well as an invaluable reference for writing centers, workshops, and learning support centers. Zusammenfassung From Student to Scholar guides graduate students through the "hidden" developmental transition required in writing a dissertation and moving beyond, to become a successful scholar. Identifying common rhetorical challenges across disciplines, author Hjortshoj explains how to accommodate evolving audiences, writing processes, and timelines. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents The Hidden Transition Convenient Myths The End of Schooling The Rhetoric of Student Writing Common Ground Evolving Forms and Expectations Simulation and Frames of Reference Performance and Process Motivations and Standards The Rhetoric of Graduate and Professional Writing Turning Points Forms, Frames, and Movement: Where do we begin and, from there, where do we go? The Scope and Scale of a Dissertation Conceptual Balance Interdisciplinary Reference Frames Relations with Advisors Getting the Work Done Disillusionment Productive Use of Time: The behavioral consensus What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Draft Management The Social Dimensions of Scholarship Writing Blocks What is a Writing Block? Why do Blocks Occur? Analysis, Resistance, and Release A Note to International Students Looking Ahead ...
