Steve Tippins Ph.D.Helping doctoral students get their dissertation accepted, succeed in their careers, & change the world | Academic Career Advisor | Dissertation Chair & Founder, Beyond PhD Coaching | 35 + years of experience.

Your Dissertation is Done. Now Watch THIS

11 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief YouTube monologue, Steve Tippins Ph.D. stresses that the dissertation abstract is not an afterthought but a crucial marketing piece, as over 90% of readers only glance at the abstract. He advises keeping the abstract to a single page, avoiding meandering or multi‑page abstracts, especially since employers and hiring committees will read it first when evaluating a candidate’s research. Finally, he invites viewers to join a free dissertation help community for additional support on abstracts or any dissertation component.

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Congratulations, you've finished your dissertation, but now they're saying you got one more little step. You got to write an abstract. This is not an afterthought, okay? Don't treat it that way. Your abstract is what sells your document to a lot of people because you've been a scholar, you've looked at a lot of articles and dissertations. What are you looking at first? It's the abstract. Is there information in there? Over 90% of people are only going to read your abstract. So make sure your abstract is a great marketing piece for what you've done. And a hint: if employers— you're going for a job and they're looking at your research— they're going to start with the abstract. And if the abstract is meandering and is 4 or 5 pages, you've lost them. An abstract is typically 1 page. If you would like help with your abstract or any part of your dissertation, join our free dissertation help community.