tad Boot Camp

About

Come and get some serious writing done at our tad (thesis and dissertation) Boot Camp. The tad Boot Camp is a graduate writing event designed to centralize the various services available across campus to support thesis and dissertation research in one convenient location. The Boot Camp also creates an energetic and productive writing environment intended to help graduate students replace procrastination with productivity!

Our 3-day event consists of tad writing sessions, one-to one writing support, and research consultations with experienced researchers in your field as well as an open writing space for students to work at their own pace, with partners, or in small groups. So, bring your laptop, a notebook and pen, any research materials or data you have and enjoy hours of graduate writing and research discussions along with other like-minded graduate students.

Aims

To provide graduate students with convenient access to different resources they need in one place and at one time.
To support students who need help with finding a thesis topic, writing a good research question, outlining and developing a literature review, citing and paraphrasing source material, developing an argument, constructing a survey, cleaning survey data, conducting statistical analysis, understanding intellectual property, understanding student grants, ensuring ethical compliance, preparing for oral defense examination, writing post-defense corrections, preparing a manuscript for publication, and much more.
To allow graduate students to engage with a variety of support booths
To allow graduate students to consult with experienced faculty researchers
To give graduate students the option of engaging in group discussions or solo stations
And even do some free writing