A student struggling through final coursework and dreading the dissertation phase worked with Dr. Steve Tippins, referred by Dr. Terry Ransom. Tippins demystified the process and gave them the confidence to move forward.
Before meeting Dr. Tippins, I can't remember exactly where I was. It was— life was so chaotic, right? I don't think I had actually started working on the actual dissertation at the time. He was referred to me by Dr. Terry Ransom, who had already completed his coursework, and I think I was talking to Terry about just my journey, and he made the recommendation. So I think I was just— I think I was just about finishing up on some of the coursework, getting ready to head into just writing the dissertation, and I was having just some problems, just getting over the hump. So that's sort of where I was, if I remember correctly. That space was sort of like a whirlwind. And then moving into just the whole dissertation phase, it was really helpful having his insight. And, you know, as I've said to you before, insight, yes, related to the dissertation process. He took some of the mystery out of it.
