Over the next few posts, I am going have a
special series with some interviews from Walden dissertation faculty in
psychology. Here is a great chance to hear about how different faculty perceive
the dissertation process. Today, we begin with Dr. Martha Giles.
1. Please
briefly describe your current mentees' research.
Their
research is on a myriad of topics and all three research methodologies. My mentees are looking at breast cancer,
parolee experience of reentry, why youth stay in childhood churches, treatment
evaluation, and quality of life in the oldest old, to name a few.
2. How
did you come to be a mentor?
Part of
it due to my job description, but I take on new students because I love the
topics they are studying. It allows me
to be involved in current research and learn about the latest research through
their work.
3. What
do like best about mentoring research?
The
thing that really excites me is seeing an idea become a research question and
then finally a completed study. It is
like reading a mystery story and actually being a part of the happy ending.
4. What
do you dislike the most about mentoring research?
When
students do not do their part… by that I mean students who do not look at
previous dissertation, look at IRB documents, look at the templates, etc. They are wasting their time and money, which
makes me very sad.
5. Advice
for students to complete their dissertation?
Do
everything in your power to inform yourself about the process, what to do, when
to do it, and talk with your mentor.
Most important: work a bit each week!!! Never let a week go by without
doing something on the dissertation.
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