dissertation
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From footnote 21 in “ ‘Lord I Am 1’: The Solitary ‘I’ and the Social Lyric,” a 2025 doctoral dissertation in English by Jenna Hart at the University of Illinois Chicago:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
She suggested that Schroeder examine some of the undescribed specimens as part of her dissertation, according to the news release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
But the originality of Arday’s dissertation and his other academic work was also coming under scrutiny, leading to multiple allegations of plagiarism.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
His 1977 dissertation warned about soaring house prices, a theme relevant to the 2008 financial crisis, which he later said he didn’t fully understand.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
When his inspiring dissertation was finished, he gave the men the colors of the day still one more time, stressed the angle of approach and reviewed the weather conditions again.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Using crowdsourcing techniques, VroniPlag Wiki in Germany and Dissernet in Russia have exposed numerous instances of plagiarism by public servants in their dissertations and academic publications.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Since its introduction, fifteen dissertations and final theses at Freie Universität have focused on the topic, along with seven additional dissertations completed by researchers in other countries.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026
After studying neuroscience and writing two dissertations, she was off to Stanford for a law degree and math Ph.D.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
John Warnock wrote one of the shortest PhD dissertations in history, then changed the world of publishing and printing as co-founder of Adobe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
Baba would enlighten me with his politics during those walks with long-winded dissertations.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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