Taylor Armstrong's Dissertation Checklist
January 9, 2020
Taylor Armstrong, a Ph.D. student in the lab of Dr. Allen Place, has a checklist for choosing a dissertation topic. She must answer yes to all the following questions:
- Can I see benefits to this research?
- Does it relate to my advisor’s research?
- Does it build on skills I want to learn?
- Are there identified end-users who will benefit from the research?
- Will different chapters of the dissertation be able to emphasize different skills?
In a new blog post, Taylor Armstrong outlines how she decided that pursuing a Ph.D. was the right choice for her and how she landed on a topic for her research.