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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lueck, Amy J
• Boehm, Beth

Titel

Beginning at the End: Reimagining the Dissertation Committee, Reimagining Careers

Ist Teil von

• Composition studies, 2019-03, Vol.47 (1), p.135-218

Ort / Verlag

Chicago: University of Cincinnati

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

ERIC

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In this article, we forward a perspective on interdisciplinarity and diversity that reconsiders the notion of expertise in order to unstick discussions of graduate education reform that have been at an impasse for some forty-five years. As research problems have become increasingly complex so has demand for scholars who specialize narrowly within a discipline and who understand the importance of contributions from other disciplines. In light of this, we reimagine the dissertation committee as a group of diverse participants from within and beyond the academy who contribute their knowledge and skills to train the next generation of scholars and researchers to be members of interdisciplinary teams. Graduate students, then, are not expected to be interdisciplinary themselves, but to work in interdisciplinary and diverse teams to discover new insights on their research areas and to prepare for careers interacting with a range of academic and non-academic stakeholders.