When are you going to finish your dissertation?

As i wrote, my soul was thinking "this has to be Fire" so "please help me Lord" i feel like the Writer came through big time (finding my mustard seed again) introduction is almost completely ready; just need to dust off some of the paragraph quotations, run spelling/grammar, scan references --- *next steps: - revise methods; talk with rich  - start work on lit review after sending off methods intro (june 1)  (hold intro until lit reviews done)  goal - lit review & theory + feedback june  goal - analysis + feedback july  goal - conclude + feedback august  goal - committee review august/september  defend f2f Lord willing  walk Dec Lord willing (i like the cold weather better)

Chapter 3. Methodology came back from Rich & Mary Louise. ML provided minor revisions mainly related to grammar and sentence phrases. Deep breath. Rich's feedback was trickier. I'll have to 1) add an additional section justifying why I chose to focus on three case studies out of the 57 HBCU graduates I interviewed - 2) add a section about how I will specifically apply and code the critical race theory related concepts during my narrative analysis. 1 - 3 chosen because of their ability to operationalize and contextualize spiritual resilience within the context of HBCU Black graduates life histories in a way that may be identifiable to others (see Creswell - validity/etc);  focus on higher-order consciousness responses to racism; triple consciousness Franz Fanon. A unique coping strategy that can offer new insights into how Black HBCU graduates cope with personal challenges within and societal challenges without. *highly generative and fill a significant gap in existing resea...

Finished a very solid draft of Chapter 3 - Methodology. The references are solid, follows Creswell's standards for qualitative research, and reflects the extensive layers of intentionality I put into the process of conducting my dissertation study. Just launched it into my faculty advisors' atmospheres and will excitedly await their feedback. Love, TLS