{"id":5446,"date":"2015-09-28T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T18:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stormtiger.com\/collie\/bestiary\/?p=5446"},"modified":"2015-09-28T11:00:09","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T18:00:09","slug":"proposal-committee-approval-score-2-out-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stormtiger.com\/collie\/bestiary\/2015\/09\/proposal-committee-approval-score-2-out-of-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposal committee approval score: 2 out of 3! :)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another ‘squeeeeeee!<\/em>‘ moment for me this morning! I opened my email inbox to discover that my second (of three) committee members has approved my proposal — woohooo! Lots of really great suggestions and critiques too, which are both really helpful and a relief to receive — that tells me that my proposed research actually engaged my readers! Also lovely and encouraging was her email to me, in which she said:<\/p>\n

It was a pleasure reading your proposal, which I just finished.\u2026 You write very well, and have clearly given this much thought.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Equally exciting were some of her notes on the dissertation proposal itself, such as:<\/p>\n

This is a wonderful section! You write so well throughout, it is a pleasure to read your writing!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So very<\/em> happy about this! Only one committee member to go now — and also I must get approval from the Human Research Review Committee (HRRC). They’re the committee that makes sure all the research the university approves is also ethical — though neither my Chair nor I foresee any issues with what I plan on doing during my research. The HRRC requires the associated paperwork to be turned in by the first of whatever month they’re reviewing it — and I would so<\/em> love to have them check my proposed research out this October, considering it’s my birthday month! Got all the paperwork done — just waiting on the cover page to be signed by the right folks, and then I can FedEx it all to CIIS!<\/p>\n

I was excited to have the committee member express surprise and interest at some of my research —\u00a0 and even ask me for citations! That was a very nice feeling, in that I felt like I was able to give interesting data as well as receive it… if that makes sense? I like to feel that even though I’m a student, I have something to offer as well, to my profs and committee members. :)<\/p>\n

It was also weirdly cool to have this committee member make a comment on one of the authors I cite — by stating she knew the guy, and his work had developed since that book, and I should check it out! In retrospect it makes sense that folks within the field of Women’s Studies, and specifically in addressing violence against women, would know each other, of course — it was just kind of startling and interesting to… to have the realization hit me quite so directly, I guess?<\/p>\n

Incidentally, I now also know when my head is far too deeply into proposal writing — because the other night I actually had a dream\u2026 which was also tidily footnoted! ;)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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