A better dissertation experience

Dissertation Coaching

Writing Coaching

Professional Editing

Professional Development

~ Developing research skills

~Writing with integrity

~Professional ethics

~Positive research/writing community

Writing your dissertation?

You likely need to know: 

How to design, conduct and write research; how to navigate the feedback of your dissertation committee; the principles of qualitative and quantitative methodologies; aligning your study with your research paradigm; creating meaningful research questions, synthesizing theories and arguments found in the literature; finding your voice as the researcher; designing surveys; interpreting, analyzing and presenting data. 

We are professional scholars with a knowledgeable, friendly, and thorough approach to supporting your most important writing projects.

Maybe you are at the beginning of your dissertation journey, evaluating a topic or preparing for a proposal. Or well into your research, with a need for structural chapter support or time management strategies. Perhaps you are coding data, finalizing the writeup, or are ready for publication edit. Maybe you’re somewhere in between. Wherever you are, we can help.

Our job is to get you from Dissertation to Defense.

Whether we are providing directional feedback or guiding you meticulously through the dissertation process, we help you navigate the complexities of thinking through good research and writing it well. We want you to reach your academic and professional potential in ways that are meant to translate to your future work. Way beyond us.

We are impassioned educators: thorough, compassionate, friendly, and really good at what we do.

We don’t just coach. We teach. We listen. And you learn to write really well.

We develop a coaching strategy that is based on your objectives, and firmly aligned with requirements and direction of your project, committee, and university. This is guidance that not only helps you accomplish your goals; it incentivizes confidence.

Dissertation Research at a Glance

  • Evaluating topics & refining ideas

    • Focus

    • What is researchable

  • Developing research questions/hypotheses

    • Alignment to the research topic and the paradigm

  • Theoretical and conceptual frameworks

    • Selecting the right theory/theories

    • How the principles work together: Framing and conceptualizing the theory, methodology and inquiry

  • Research methodology and design

    • Ensuring alignment and logical flow

    • Data sources & instruments (qualitative/quantitative)

      • Survey design

      • Interview & focus group questions

      • Working with statistics

    • Data analysis & findings

      • Coding methods & patterns of analysis

      • Interpreting and writing results

      • Representing findings

      • Statistical data analysis software

    • Articulating the research: Discussion

      • Navigating your voice

      • Optimizing presentation of data

      • Citations: backing up your assertions

  • Literature review

    • How to source peer reviewed, quality journals

    • Annotated bibliography

    • Synthesizing theories and arguments found in the literature

    • Logically organizing and identifying patterns

    • Software and other resources for organization

  • Writing strategies

    • Staying focused and avoiding the rabbit hole

    • Time management

    • Mindfulness for writing success

  • References, Appendices, Tables, Figures

  • Presentation preparation

    • Preparing for a solid and confident proposal /final defense

    • Quality of the argument  

    • Final review of the draft

    • PowerPoint presentation

  • Institutional Review Board

    • Responsibility of protecting participants

    • Preparation, application, review of the draft

  • Publication of the dissertation

    • Full range of editing and proofing services

    • ProQuest preparation

How can we help?

Contact us for your free consultation.

“Those who say it can’t be done,

are usually interrupted

by others doing it.”

-James Baldwin