From Student to Scholar

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.

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.

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