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Kathleen Shafer, a Geography and the Environment graudate student and boot camp participant, discovered her dissertation topic in Marfa, Texas while photographing abandoned airfields. Photo courtsey of Kathleen Shafer.

How to Jumpstart Your Dissertation

September 5, 2013 by Michelle Bryant

Boot camp helps graduate students avoid pitfalls and get writing Like most graduate students, the hardest part of Kathleen Shafer’s dissertation was getting started. Shafer, a graduate student in the Department of Geography and the Environment, was among 11 graduate students from The University of Texas at Austin to attend Dissertation Boot Camp this summer, […]

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