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Help Your Advisor Support You
Digital dissertations can be new to advisors too. Here are some resources to help you and your advisor navigate this together.
Establish Community
Having a community to troubleshoot with, bounce ideas off, and even learn with can help keep you inspired and motivated. And, being part of a larger scholarly community has career-level benefits. Here are a few suggested starting places for finding like-minded scholars:
Fund Your Work/Training
There are a number of options at CUNY and externally for securing funding for digital projects, training, and resources. Based on the needs of your project, you might obtain funds to build or host the work, purchase relevant tech, hire additional help–such as a programmer or designer, or even to attend a class or institute.
Build Digital Skills
It’s common for students to not yet have all the skills required to develop their digital project. Here are some ways to change that:
Episode 1: Matt Gold
TL;DR: check out the episode’s Key Takeaways Digital Fellows Di Yoong, Nicole Cote, and Zach Lloyd talk to GC professor Matt Gold about his perspective as a digital dissertation advisor, the benefits and hurdles of producing and archiving digital scholarship, and tips on navigating departmental dissertation conversations.
Building a Project
Make your idea a reality. This guide should help those in the building stage develop their project, connect with available resources, and establish a community. 1. Build Digital Skills It’s possible you don’t yet have all the skills required to build your project. Fortunately, there are a number of ways to change that at CUNY […]
