[Air-l] Ph.D. student is looking for a good home for his Thesis

[Heidelberg, Chris]

Congratulations Charlie it looks great considering a few of our
exchanges. You made it. 

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[mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Charlie Balch
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 3:08 PM
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Thesis

I know things are different in other nations but don't Ph.D. students
write a dissertation and masters students write a thesis?

I also sympathize. My advisor used my dissertation to shake things up in
my department and I ended up with a committee that was mostly
out-of-department. It also took an extra year. I'm very proud of what I
produced but am not sure that the extra time was worth it.

For those that are interested, my dissertation was a case study on
Internet surveys. I created a survey system that encourages best methods
of survey design as defined by research (http://birat.net). You may also
be interested in the review of literature at
http://balch.org/lsu/dissertation. 

Best regards,

Reverend Captain Charles Vickroy Balch M.Ed. MBA Ph.D.
(I'll only use that title once) 

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[mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Christian Nelson
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 9:12 AM
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Thesis

Michael:
I'm sorry for your situation, and know how awful it is. My original
Ph.D.
adviser tried to run me out of the program by trying to persuade the
rest of the faculty that they shouldn't serve on my committee.
Fortunately, no one believed the charges he leveled against me and I
finished my Ph.D. under a different adviser. If you are in a similar
fix, can't you sue for libel or slander? I suspect just the threat of
that will get your department to bail you out, though I'm glad I didn't
have to test that theory myself.
Best wishes,
Christian Nelson
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