to demonstrate that students have acquired the necessary knowledge and skills to present their research findings in a coherent and concise way. In addition, it is the ethical responsibility of researchers to use their findings to advance the field and our understanding of human behavior. Students are given a range of options from which to choose for how to present their findings in a public setting. Students should consult with their chair to determine which option is most appropriate for the student. The chair must approve the plan using the Dissertation Dissemination of Results Plan (in Tevera ). Students are responsible for initiating the form, and it must be completed and sent to the Department Administrator prior to scheduling the defense or dissemination.
There are two possible ways of disseminating the findings of the dissertation:
1. Public Dissertation Defense: Students can make a formal public PowerPoint presentation of their dissertation to their committee. The Department Administrator will post the notice to the public after the student provides the following information: the student’s name, defense announcement (with date, time and location), dissertation title, and that the defense is a graduation requirement for ISPP/NLU, Chicago. Students should provide this information to the Department Administrator at least 2 weeks prior to the defense date for adequate public notice. Typically, the defense presentation is 45-60 minutes followed by 30-45 minutes of questions from the committee and audience. Students should confirm specific requirements with their chair. 2. Professional Presentation or Publication: Students can present or publish their findings in a professional context. This can take the form of publishing the dissertation in an appropriate peer-reviewed journal, presenting a poster or paper at an appropriate professional organization (e.g., APA, IPA, ACEPT, NLU Graduate Research Day), giving a presentation of the research finding in a professional clinical organization (e.g., a clinical training site), or presenting at the Annual NLU Doctoral Research Symposium (usually held in early-mid May). While either option for disseminating the dissertation is acceptable, students are strongly encouraged to publish or present their dissertation research at a professional conference. This fulfills the goal of disseminating one’s research into the field of psychology and provides students with the opportunity to publish or present at a conference.
Important: Students must disseminate their findings by June 1 of the year they plan to graduate.
The chair will attend and/or review the research dissemination and complete the Dissemination of Research Outcomes Evaluation Rubric; it is the student’s responsibility to initiate the form in Tevera . If the chair cannot attend the professional presentation, they may secure an alternate reviewer.
Publishing the Dissertation (to the NLU Digital Commons)
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