Graduate Student Information

Doctoral students with personnel pages can provide information on their graduate studies including dissertation details, degree completion status, and hiring updates. To locate the graduate student fields, scroll to the bottom of the Edit page and click For Graduate Students Only.

Dissertation/Thesis Committee

To display faculty members who are on your dissertation/thesis committee, type their name into Dissertation/Thesis Committee field. A list of available names is display as you type.
Committee members are displayed on your personnel page with Committee Members as the heading. Their name, title, and a link to their own personnel page are also provided.

If a committee member is not a Terry faculty member, enter their name in the Dissertation/Thesis Committee (external) field.

Dissertation/Thesis Title

Enter the name of your dissertation/thesis title in the Dissertation/Thesis Title field.

Dissertation Chair/Major Professor

To display faculty members who served as your dissertation chair or major professor, type their name into Dissertation Chair/Major Professor field. A list of available names is displayed as you type.
Major professors are displayed on your personnel page with Major Professor as the heading. Their name, title, and a link to their own personnel page are also provided.

Dissertation/Thesis File Attachments

To upload a file related to your dissertation/thesis, click Choose Files in the File Attachments section. Your computer's file explorer is displayed, allowing you to upload the file. The filetype must be .txt and the file size must be under 100 MB

Hired By

If you are hired by an employer during your graduate studies, you can include the employer's name on your personnel page by entering it in the Hired By field

Interests

Enter your graduate research interests in the Interests text field. This field provides the Edit page's standard formatting options including bolding, italics, underlining, and bulleted lists.

Degree Completion Date

Enter the date in which you intend to complete your degree.