50 Things to Think About When Writing a Thesis

Donna Starks is an Honorary Researcher in the School of Cultures, Languages and Linguistics at The University of Auckland. Her research focuses on language and identity. It considers ways that we speak and write and how we manifest our varied ways of knowing and being to the world around us.Margaret J. Robertson is an Honorary Academic at La Trobe University in the School of Education. The focus of her research is team supervision and the development of agency within this context. Her recent research considers the importance of agency through education, life and career choices and the importance of role models.

'50 Things to Think About When Writing a Thesis: Paving Your Own Path to Submission is a must-read for academic writers. It provides distinct advice to empower the writer to produce reader-centric texts, manage the writing process, and create a note-worthy writing identity and authorial voice.'Associate Professor Vijay Kumar, University of Otago, New Zealand'50 Things to Think About When Writing a Thesis: Paving Your Own Path to Submission is a seriously good read. Starks and Robertson do not tell the reader what to do, they guide them through the implications of various choices, foregrounding students’ own identities. The book distills so many important conversations I’ve had over the years and adds depth/nuance that I’ve never thought of. A must read for all supervisors and supervisees. I can’t wait to get all my students reading it.'Associate Professor Louisa Willoughby, Monash University, Australia

• 1. Preliminaries 2. Understanding yourself and preparing yourself for the journey ahead 3. Understanding your identities as a researcher, supervisee, and thesis writer 4. Organizing the larger pieces of your thesis 5. Writing yourself into your thesis in small but important ways 6. What could possibly go wrong? 7. Finally done!