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rivka ([personal profile] rivka) wrote2003-07-18 03:16 pm
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I faxed my degree application to my advisor today. He'll sign it and send it on to the Graduate College.

A second form comes direct from the Psychology Department. They certify that I've completed everything I was supposed to complete, and that they approve my plan to graduate. I just e-mailed the departmental Admin with the details she'll need from me:

Dissertation title: "The Effects of Child Disability on Parental Endorsement of Physical Discipline: An Analog Study of Abuse Potential."

Committee: John Knutson (advisor), Don Fowles, Jodie Plumert, Peter Nathan, and Don Van Dyke (Pediatrics Department).

Date, time, and place of defense: August 27, 2003 at 1:00 PM, in 104 Spence Laboratories of Psychology.

It's really happening.
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[personal profile] eeyorerin 2003-07-18 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations! I hope the defense goes smoothly. Just think, in a little over a month you'll officially be Dr. Rivka! :)

[identity profile] mittelbar.livejournal.com 2003-07-18 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
a) are you driving?

b) what happened to Gimp Smackdown?!

[identity profile] rivka.livejournal.com 2003-07-18 01:18 pm (UTC)(link)
a) are you driving?

To Iowa? No. We're flying Southwest to Chicago-Midway and then renting a car.

(Yes, "we." Nobody thought I could survive this without [livejournal.com profile] curiousangel, right?)

b) what happened to Gimp Smackdown?!

That's the real title. Obviously, I must have made a typo in the post.

[identity profile] curiousangel.livejournal.com 2003-07-18 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
(Yes, "we." Nobody thought I could survive this without [livejournal.com profile] curiousangel, right?)

"We're going back to Iowa... and this time, we mean business." Sounds like a B-movie action spectacular, maybe on Spike TV or something. :)

[identity profile] klwalton.livejournal.com 2003-07-18 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
*Gorilla Gallery Chant*

Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!!

:)
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[identity profile] mishalak.livejournal.com 2003-07-19 10:00 am (UTC)(link)
Spike TV? What's that? All James Marsters all the time?

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[identity profile] curiousangel.livejournal.com 2003-07-19 10:06 am (UTC)(link)
We should be so lucky!

Actually, it's what TNN recently changed its name to, in hopes of appealing to a younger male audience. They got sued by Spike Lee, claiming that it infringed on his name, but that got slapped down.

[identity profile] wcg.livejournal.com 2003-07-18 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
*smile* Yes dear, it's really happening. You're doing it.

[identity profile] ex-serenejo.livejournal.com 2003-07-18 01:02 pm (UTC)(link)
You really, truly rock. Truly. Really really.

[identity profile] kalmn.livejournal.com 2003-07-18 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
woo woo woooooo! yay!

[identity profile] kightp.livejournal.com 2003-07-18 01:05 pm (UTC)(link)
An excellent title.

And hot damn for you, kiddo. Just ... hot damn.

[identity profile] rivka.livejournal.com 2003-07-18 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
An excellent title.

Thanks, I like it too. I was really feeling the tension between choosing a title that accurately reflected the specific content of my study, and choosing a title that made the link to abuse. Without linking to the abuse question, it looks like I just have an not-hugely-relevant study of parenting choices. But saying I studied the effects of disability on abuse is just inaccurate. My friend the colon saved the day!

[identity profile] minnaleigh.livejournal.com 2003-07-18 01:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent! Congrats on getting to this point and good luck with the rest. You're done with the hardest part!

[identity profile] janetmiles.livejournal.com 2003-07-18 01:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Hooray! Best wishes for your defense: I'll be thinking of you then.

[identity profile] ruth-lawrence.livejournal.com 2003-07-18 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Woohoo!

:::vibes::: for an excellent defense.

[identity profile] anisoptera.livejournal.com 2003-07-18 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
/me starts a conga line aroung LJ...Rivka gets her Ph.D...heh...Rivka gets her Ph.D...heh....

[identity profile] jilesa.livejournal.com 2003-07-18 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Go you!! Congratulations on progress so far, and best of luck with the defense!

[identity profile] dlacey.livejournal.com 2003-07-18 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations, I'm sure you'll do very well in your defense.
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[personal profile] pameladean 2003-07-18 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Felicitations and best wishes for the very last bit.

Pamela

[identity profile] claire.livejournal.com 2003-07-18 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
WooHoo! Go you! I'll keep my fingers and toes crossed for you on the 27th...

[identity profile] anotheranon.livejournal.com 2003-07-18 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Whoo - good luck soon to be Dr. Rivka!! I'm sure you're excited and terrified all at the same time!

Good thoughts heading your way!

Yay Rivka!

[identity profile] txanne.livejournal.com 2003-07-18 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
OK, here's where I tell you the biggest secret of grad school: I *loved* my defense. I had a really truly good time! My committee's attitude changed at the beginning of the day: as we gathered in the hall before walking over to the library together, they were already treating me like a jr. colleague. And it just got better from there.

You will knock their socks off. Promise to post a hooding picture!

[identity profile] annaoj.livejournal.com 2003-07-18 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Hooray! Congratulations, and good luck!

(my committee just approved my revisions!!)

Congratulations!!!!

[identity profile] ranunculus.livejournal.com 2003-07-18 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
What a great day.
I'm sure your defense will be great.

[identity profile] ruisseau.livejournal.com 2003-07-18 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
While I do prefer Gimp Smackdown (easier to remember, you see), I think your dissertation will blow them away.

Best of luck!

:)

[identity profile] hobbitbabe.livejournal.com 2003-07-19 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
Wonderful! Only -- I can't find a calendar so I'm counting on my fingers from my coming-home date, which I know -- isn't that a few days after alt.polycon 10? Are you coming to alt.polycon 10? I was hoping you would, and not just as Jennie-bait either.

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[identity profile] rivka.livejournal.com 2003-07-19 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
It is a few days after alt.polycon 10. We'll be driving home from Toronto on Monday and getting on a plane to Chicago on Tuesday. Then I'll defend on Wednesday.

It's a little crazy, I know, but I'm sure it will beat all hell out of spending the last several days before the defense working myself up into a frenzy of nervousness.

I'm looking forward to seeing you at the con.

[identity profile] johnpalmer.livejournal.com 2003-07-19 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
Good luck, and make sure you post a warning, so we can send out good dissertation defense energies.

(And, knowing my luck, what this will mean is that a dozen ninjas started guarding the printed copy, hacking to bits anyone who tried to damage it, until they see you smile, at which point they'd dash away because lust and ninjutsu clash horribly, especially in those tight-fitting black pajamas.)
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[identity profile] therealjae.livejournal.com 2003-07-19 09:24 am (UTC)(link)
So, wait ... does this mean you're DONE? :-)

-J

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[identity profile] rivka.livejournal.com 2003-07-19 09:56 am (UTC)(link)
Alas, it doesn't. It just means that the university is closing down for the summer break at the end of July, and that I'd better get my paperwork going before then.

I'm close to done, though, at least with the draft. I need to finish expanding my discussion section from a 10-page outline to an approximately 20-page piece of text. But I don't think that will be particularly hard.

[identity profile] trinker.livejournal.com 2003-07-19 10:56 am (UTC)(link)
Eeeeeeeeeeeee! (dolphin noises of excitement for you.)
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[identity profile] elusis.livejournal.com 2003-07-21 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
That's *terrific*. You are so inspiring.