What was/is/will your dissertation be about?

2015-10-12T15:57:34-04:00

Going for your doctorate or already have it? What was your dissertation about?

Response by LTC Kevin B. made Oct 12 at 2015 4:15 PM

2015-10-12T16:15:28-04:00

Already have it. Sorry for the lengthy answer, but you asked:

My dissertation was a finance dissertation that examined tiered market structures. It focused on the June 2006 restructuring of the NASDAQ Stock Exchange, where the listing environment changed from two to three tiers (with the top tier having the highest listing standards for any exchange in the world). The first portion examined market quality. Theories predicted that different listing and disclosure requirements could result in different levels of information production across the NASDAQ tiers, and thus result in different market quality characteristics. I found some cross-sectional evidence of market quality differences, but did not find evidence of market quality changes when firms changed tiers. Within the NASDAQ trading environment, this result is consistent with a visibility effect, where better (lesser) known stocks are more (less) liquid due to higher levels of investor participation. The second portion examined the reputation effect resulting from NASDAQ’s tiered structure. Theories indicated that exchanges choose listing and disclosure standards to maximize the combination of its reputation value and the value of cash flows from listing and trading fees (of firms listed on their exchanges). I found that NASDAQ’s 2006 restructuring did not appear to enhance its reputation, either directly or indirectly. The restructuring did not result in any positive announcement effect for NASDAQ firms. Further, I found little evidence to support any announcement effects as firms cross into new tiers. Lastly, I found that the restructuring did not appear to have helped NASDAQ become more competitive in the marketplace for attracting new initial public offerings.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 12 at 2015 4:23 PM

2015-10-12T16:23:19-04:00

My doctoral dissertation was on online video game addiction and the U.S. Military. I successfully defended my dissertation in 2012.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 12 at 2015 10:20 PM

2015-10-12T22:20:58-04:00

My doctorate was law school, so didn't really apply. I did write my MA thesis on Japanese Naval Development from 1870 to 1940.

Response by LTC Mo Vanderslice made Oct 12 at 2015 11:05 PM

2015-10-12T23:05:25-04:00

I am in the process of writing my dissertation right now. Its focus is on ‘how do veteran-owned small businesses effectively utilize SBA programs as a strategy for building capacity and competiveness?'

Response by Lt Col Timothy Parker, DBA made Oct 13 at 2015 9:12 AM

2015-10-13T09:12:05-04:00

I'm currently writing my doctoral dissertation now - focused on IT project managers (PM) and what/if PM leadership factors impact project success. The most difficult part of the dissertation is getting IT organizations to participate. My area of concentration is organizational leadership.

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 13 at 2015 12:11 PM

2015-10-13T12:11:47-04:00

My dissertation was on the economic, political, tactical, and strategic value of information in times of crises at multiple levels of military, intelligence, foreign service, and political decision making process. It focused in particular on the need to preserve an appropriate balance between staff and line officer populations to acquire, analyze, distribute, and render decisions in an environment where too often critically needed staff resources are redeployed to command positions abandoning the critical mission of working decisionmaking tasks into shape ripe for optimal decisionmaking up the chain of command. While I employed a simplistic mathematical model this work was well received by the intelligence community. Warmest Regards, Sandy

Response by MCPO Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 13 at 2015 2:12 PM

2015-10-13T14:12:50-04:00

I'm working on the possible impact of inadvertent selective breeding on the African slave and free-African population in the USA and from 1640 to modern time being potential root causes for today's "African American Experience." It's a combination of genetics and sociology, and the data is looking very promising - though, if the hypotheses are supported, I may end up on some watch lists...

This evolved from a 10 page paper for a class to a Thesis, and now to my Dissertation. I'm doing this before I take a single PhD course... which may lead to some interesting conversations with advisors.

Response by Lt Col Michael Hills made Oct 13 at 2015 10:50 PM

2015-10-13T22:50:35-04:00

My dissertation examined the role students' demographics and their satisfaction with educational technology plays on attrition patterns in online programs in the military.

Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 14 at 2015 3:58 AM

2015-10-14T03:58:20-04:00

Here's the APA citation for mine:

Hatfield, D. D. (2009). Relationships between emotional intelligence competencies and transformational leadership skills: U.S. Government civil servant leaders. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (3371528)

The most important thing is to pick a topic you're really, really interested in, because you are going to live, sleep, and eat that topic for a few years! You don't want to get bored with it halfway through!

Response by CSM Colin Patterson made Oct 14 at 2015 11:30 AM

2015-10-14T11:30:02-04:00

My Doctorate is in Homeland Security and my Dissertation is on Public Attitudes towards Police Examining the effects of the NYPD use of Stop Question and Frisk and how it impacts police community relationship in the areas of trust and cooperation.

Response by LT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 14 at 2015 4:43 PM

2015-10-14T16:43:56-04:00

I wrote my dissertation on how Bush, Gore and Buchanan used email as a campaign tool in the 2000 presidential election.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 14 at 2015 6:45 PM

2015-10-14T18:45:09-04:00

I'm a teacher. My topic was the benefit of support groups for minority youth in hostile schools

Response by 1SG William Svoboda made Oct 21 at 2015 8:34 PM

2015-10-21T20:34:49-04:00

PhD counseling psychology career concentration was substances of abuse and then education.

Response by CAPT Tom Bersson made Oct 31 at 2015 3:17 PM

2015-10-31T15:17:15-04:00

Mine was on Systems Engineering Process Models.

Response by SMSgt Roy Dowdy made Nov 3 at 2015 1:27 PM

2015-11-03T13:27:36-05:00

History of Enlisted Women in the Air National Guard, 1968-2012.

Response by LT Doug Schutz, Ph.D. made Apr 5 at 2016 11:42 PM

2016-04-05T23:42:50-04:00

My dissertation identified the influences for using social media by employee in the organization.