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Jerry Floersch, Ph.D., LCSW
Associate Professor
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Writing and Research Resources

GENERAL
Books:
  • Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity -- David Allen
  • The Right to Write and The Artist's Way -- Julia Cameron
  • The Chicago Manual Of Style
  • Zen in the Art of Archery -- Eugen Herrigel
  • Dissertations and Theses from Start to Finish -- Cone and Foster
  • Get it Done: A Coach’s Guide to Dissertation Success – Dr. Rachna D. Jain
  • Get it Done Faster: Secrets of Dissertation Success – Dr. Rachna D. Jain
  • The Chicago Guide to your Academic Career. Eds. Goldsmith, Komler, Schine, Gold
  • Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student’s Guide to Earning a Master’s or Ph.D.—Robert Peters
  • Peterson’s The Ultimate Grad School Survival Guide--Lesli Mitchell.
  • Lifting a Ton of Feathers: A Woman’s Guide to Surviving in the Academic World-- Paula J. Caplan.

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RESEARCH
Books:

  • The Craft of Research—Booth, W., Colomb, G., Williams, J.
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WRITING
Books:
  • Bird by Bird --Anne Lamott
  • Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day – Joan Bolker
  • Completing your Doctoral Dissertation or Master’s Thesis in Two Semesters or Less--Evelyn Hunt Ogden
  • Writing the Dissertation, by Allan Glatthorn
  • Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish YourThesis, Book, or Article—H.S. Becker
  • Line by Line: How to Improve your own Writing—C.K Cook
  • Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within—N. Goldberg
  • Rhetorical Grammar: Grammatical Choices, Rhetorical Effects—M. Kolln
  • On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction—W. Zinsser
  • Advice to New Faculty: Nihil Nimus—R. Boice
  • How to Complete & Survive a Doctoral Dissertation – David Sternberg
  • Fingerpainting on the Moon: Writing and Creativity as a Path to Freedom—P. Levitt
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EDITING
Books:
  • Revising Prose—R.A. Lanham
  • Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace-- Joseph M. Williams
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PUBLISHING
Books:
  • Getting It Published—William Germano
TEACHING
Books:
  • The Chicago Handbook for Teachers
  • Successful College Teaching-- Baiocco and Dewaters
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