In the mid to late 1990s, the Berkeley campus offered to its doctoral students a dissertation writing workshop for Berkeley run by Dorothy Duff Brown. I remember it after all these years as a lifesaver. Brown offered so much good practical advice. Don't rely solely on my computer but also make use of print in writing large documents. Decide as a matter of personal discipline (and sanity) when to stop working each day, rather than on when to begin. After all, writing a dissertation is a process of guilt management. Even more valuable than the advice, however, was the kind sympathy that the Dr. Brown offered me and my fellow grad students -- something that was, alas, often in short supply on the campus.<\/p>\n

I will have to find out from the Berkeley Grad Division<\/a> what has happened to the dissertation writing workshop. I see mention of such workshops in a list of offerings<\/a>. I am, however, glad to see that folks at Michigan State University had captured some of Dorothy Duff Brown's wisdom<\/a> when she spoke there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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