Sheril KirshenbaumJul 31, 2023

Today is my dissertation proposal defense. That means I'll give a public lecture about my research in front of my committee.

As some folks may know, I'm doing another round of grad school, mid-career, focused on scientific decision making in the U.S. Congress https://sheril.substack.com/p/a-dissertation-on-democracy #science #politics

In terms of PhD-ing, this is kind of like the pregame. I passed my comprehensive exams last year & will officially defend my dissertation & finish this Fall. So here goes...

A Dissertation on Democracy

Consider this the Cliffs Notes

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Show threadBenton Greene

@Sheril This sounds like really important work, and I'm glad to hear someone is looking at this from a scientific perspective. A lot of people, myself included, have a lot of opinions, with *wildly* varying basis in actual facts, about how congress makes scientific decisions, and I'd love to be much better informed than I am.

I know the proposal defense isn't *as* nerve-wracking as the actual defense, but good luck! I'm sure you'll kill it :-)

Jul 31, 2023 at 1:58pmWeb