Preparing for the Dissertation Defense

You wrote it. They though it was OK. And yet, you still have to publicly “defend” it. To make sure you don’t stumble at the finish line of your PhD, join participants in the Graduate School’s Dissertation Boot Camp and three recent dissertation defenders for a discussion of the defense process, what to expect when the day comes, and things you can do to ensure a positive outcome. The panelists:

• Julia Giannini (SU PhD, Physics, 2023), High Performance Computing software/system administrator, Northwestern University
• Sarthak Gupta (SU PhD, Physics, 2023), Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University
• Yuri Pavlov (SU PhD, IDDE, 2023), Instructional Designer, College of Professional Studies, Syracuse University