I am now officially an ABD / PhC.

Please note that my proposal defense start time has changed to 2:00pm EDT.

However, it should still end by 3:45 or 4:00.

Our apologies for any inconvenience that this change causes.

SLIS doctoral candidate Jonathan Warren will defend his dissertation proposal:

Thursday, June 11
1:00-3:45 PM
Herman B Wells Library, Room LI030

Title: "TV in the Age of the Internet: Information quality of science fiction fansites"

Abstract:

The human subjects application for my dissertation was just approved! This means I can start collecting and analyzing data with the ethical blessings of the University. This is notable because, due to an audit of IU by the federal government, recent applications by other doctoral students in my school have taken 6-12 months to get approved.

Today, I officially finished the qualifying exam process, and became a doctoral candidate (ABD, PhC, etc.). Let the dissertating begin! For anyone interested, here is the final version of the qual paper.

Many thanks to everyone who attended, wanted to attend, or wished me luck on my qual defense this morning! For those who would like them, here are links to slides and an audio recording:

Slides (PDF, 1.4MB)
Recording (MP3, 48MB)

My qualifying paper (PDF, 900KB, 81 pages) is finished and will be defended on June 2. Lecture slides, and possibly a recording, will also be made available after the defense.