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“We’re re-emerging in this kind of new bearded age,” said Sean Trainor, a facial-hair historian whose dissertation “Groomed for Power” examined the underpinnings of the golden age of political beards in the 19th century.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

In his doctoral dissertation, researcher Zhe Zhu explored how generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Gemini are changing workplaces and influencing employees' experiences on the job.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

Critics dug out and posted his dissertation, which was pilloried by other academics for a simplistic chart that placed terrorism on a spectrum somewhere between “peacekeeping” and “thermonuclear war.”

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

When Gleick wrote his dissertation at UC Berkeley in the 1980s, he examined a range of climate scenarios and analyzed how rising temperatures would likely change the timing of runoff in Northern California.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Claytor’s dissertation topic, regarding point-set topology, delighted the Penn faculty and was acclaimed by the mathematical world as a significant advance in the field.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly