Brian Paltridge is Professor of TESOL at the University of Sydney, Australia. Sue Starfield is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

This is a book that should be of interest to anyone seeking an in-depth understanding of the moving target we call the PhD thesis/dissertation genre in all its rapidly morphing, increasingly multimodal, disciplinarily diverse and complex manifestations.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. The Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation as an Evolving Genre3.Investigating Change and Stability in Doctoral Theses and Dissertations4. The Evolution of Thesis and Dissertation Types5. The ‘New Humanities’ PhD 6. Professional Doctorates7. Practice-based Doctoratesin the Visual Arts8. Practice-based Doctorates in Music9. Doctorates by Publication10. Genre Evolution in Thesis and Dissertation WritingReferencesAppendixIndex

Brian Paltridge is Professor of TESOL at the University of Sydney, Australia. Sue Starfield is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

This is a book that should be of interest to anyone seeking an in-depth understanding of the moving target we call the PhD thesis/dissertation genre in all its rapidly morphing, increasingly multimodal, disciplinarily diverse and complex manifestations.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. The Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation as an Evolving Genre3.Investigating Change and Stability in Doctoral Theses and Dissertations4. The Evolution of Thesis and Dissertation Types5. The ‘New Humanities’ PhD 6. Professional Doctorates7. Practice-based Doctoratesin the Visual Arts8. Practice-based Doctorates in Music9. Doctorates by Publication10. Genre Evolution in Thesis and Dissertation WritingReferencesAppendixIndex

Brian Paltridge is Professor of TESOL at the University of Sydney, Australia. Sue Starfield is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

This is a book that should be of interest to anyone seeking an in-depth understanding of the moving target we call the PhD thesis/dissertation genre in all its rapidly morphing, increasingly multimodal, disciplinarily diverse and complex manifestations.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. The Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation as an Evolving Genre3.Investigating Change and Stability in Doctoral Theses and Dissertations4. The Evolution of Thesis and Dissertation Types5. The ‘New Humanities’ PhD 6. Professional Doctorates7. Practice-based Doctoratesin the Visual Arts8. Practice-based Doctorates in Music9. Doctorates by Publication10. Genre Evolution in Thesis and Dissertation WritingReferencesAppendixIndex