Project: Dissertation

Keep going. Stay mostly sane.

Your dissertation may be the biggest academic project you’ll ever complete. It may also make you question your intelligence, your life choices, and Microsoft Word’s commitment to basic human decency.

Project: Dissertation is the book you keep on your nightstand while your doctorate is taking over your life. Drawing from his own doctoral journey, Ryan Aldrich offers honest guidance on choosing a topic, surviving revision comments, working with advisors and committees, managing imposter syndrome, preparing for defense day, and figuring out who you are once the whole thing is finally over.

Part practical guide, part survival story, and part reminder that you’re not the only person staring at a blinking cursor at midnight, this book will help you laugh, regroup, and keep going all the way to Doctor.