Dear Dissertation Writer and Other Published Works

Embarking on the journey of academic writing is both challenging and transformative, and Susan D. Corbin’s Dear Dissertation Writer: Strategies, Stories, & Self-Care Tips to Get Done is a powerful resource crafted to inspire, motivate, and guide graduate students as they navigate the dissertation process.

With a wealth of experience as a dissertation coach and writer, Susan Corbin offers insights that blend practical strategies, relatable stories, and self-care tips to help students overcome obstacles and finish strong. 

Writing a dissertation is a daunting task.

Help has arrived. Dear Dissertation Writer: Stories, Strategies, & Self-Care Tips to Get Done includes stories inspired by real graduate students, illustrating strategies and self-care tips every dissertation writer needs. In early chapters, Susan D. Corbin explains psychological issues such as procrastination and writer’s block. Later chapters address procedural issues like choosing committee members and understanding the rules for setting up defense meetings.

Susan D. Corbin spent more than a decade coaching graduate students through the process of writing dissertations. In short, reader-friendly chapters, her book distills the wisdom she learned while writing her own dissertation and coaching hundreds of students. Graduate students will find that her friendly approach brings the inner chatter from “Where do I start?” to “I can do this!”

Proceeds from this book benefit the Susan D. Corbin Graduate Excellence Fund for Communication Studies graduate students.