Procedure for Electronic Circulation of Dissertation Proposals

All Dissertation Proposals must be circulated to the Department faculty before being signed by the Chair. This form describes the process and will help ensure its timely completion. Students should keep a copy of this form as a record of departmental processing of the proposal.

Name of Doctoral Candidate:

Student’s preferred email address:

Major Professor’s email address:

1.  Obtain the signature from your advisor on the cover page of your proposal.

2.  Send an electronic pdf file with your signed cover page and 2-page summary to the Academic Specialist, Brittany Mistretta ().

3.  Brittany will normally circulate the 2-page proposal to the faculty for comment within 1 business day of receipt. The faculty will return comments to you, your advisor, and the Dissertation Proposal Coordinator, Dr. Howard, within 5 business days (or three weeks during the summer) of receipt of the proposal.

4.  If you receive any comments, you should arrange to address them with your advisor and forward any modifications to Dr. Howard. One week after you have submitted the proposal (or three weeks in the summer), you should contact Dr. Howard to see if there are any outstanding concerns. When any and all issues are resolved, Dr. Howard will indicate the approval to the Chair. The following (a) signature OR (b) attached email indicates resolution of any faculty concerns.

(a) Dept. Faculty Issues Resolved: ______Dr. Jim Howard Date

(b) ____ See attached email from Dr. Howard in place of signature.

5.  You should then request departmental approval of the Chair by submitting this form, the original coversheet and proposal, and a copy of Jim’s approval email to Brittany Mistretta. You should keep a copy for yourself as a record until you receive confirmation of approval from Human Subjects.

Approval Requested on ______Date Brittany Mistretta

6.  The Chair will then sign the original proposal (normally within 48 hours) to be forwarded to the Dean. The proposal will not be signed by the chair without Dr.Howard's authorization.

7.  The student should make 1 copy of the complete proposal (cover page, 2-page summary, references, measures, consent form, etc.) and email a scanned copy to Brittany for the department to file. Your hard copy plus the original complete proposal with signatures should be delivered to the Dean's Office (116 McMahon). Alternatively, you may submit the hard copy and original to Brittany Mistretta, and request that they be delivered by the department to the Dean within 2 days.

Received Copy for Department File: ______Brittany Mistretta Date

Received Proposal for Delivery to Dean: ______

Brittany Mistretta Date