For doctoral candidates struggling with their dissertations, Challenges in Writing Your Dissertation, by Noelle Sterne, is different from other how-to-write-your-dissertation books: they deal with the structure and contents. Challenges, with lively examples, humor, and provocative questions, addresses the surrounding, often overlooked or ignored but crucial aspects that can seriously delay dissertation completion: emotional, interpersonal, and even spiritual issues.
2025 TAA Conference Featured Book: ‘Gateway to Music’
The award-winning Gateway to Music, by Jocelyn C. Nelson, broadens standard notions of music with an introduction to local and global musical traditions, blended with social, cultural, and historical contexts. It is ideal for music courses and an engaging source for any music lover. No musical background necessary.
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TAA Member Seeks Participants for Personality, Decision-Making Survey for New Book
TAA member Dr. Derrick Darden is seeking participants interested in completing a short, 3-minute, anonymous survey for his new book, Understanding Personality Traits and Decision-Making Styles. The purpose of the survey is “to explore people’s personality traits and decision-making styles. Our goal is to gather valuable insights to help individuals better understand their strengths and challenges in making choices and navigating life. Your participation in this survey will contribute to our understanding of human behavior and decision-making processes. Your input is valuable to us, and we appreciate your time and effort in helping us with our research.”
2025 TAA Conference Bookstore Featured Book, ‘The Reciprocal Relationship of Culture & Leadership’
The purpose of The Reciprocal Relationship of Culture & Leadership, by Millicent Lindiwe Ndaba, is to demonstrate how culture and leadership interact with each other contextualising this using South African organisations. This seeks to contribute towards building effective global leaders that are in touch with reality. Demonstrating how their behaviour make the families, organisations, societies, countries and the world better places to live/work.
2025 TAA Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘Understanding Racism’
Understanding Racism, by Hephzibah V. Strmic-Pawl, systematically examines the theories and theorists that have contributed the most to our contemporary understanding of racism in its various forms‚ making it easier for students to understand the multiple dynamics of how racism operates. The book’s systematic organization and pedagogical features will help students think theoretically about race and racism at different levels of analysis, as well as reflect and discuss how to challenge racism. Winner of a 2022 TAA Most Promising New Textbook Award!
Writing a Dissertation: Don’t Fall Down the ‘Rabbit Hole’ of Theory Shopping
Often, when someone begins seeking a theoretical framework for their dissertation, they take for granted the one they are already implicitly using, said writing coach and editor Dr. Dave Harris, with Thought Clearing.
“To be at the point where you’re writing your dissertation, you’ve already been a scholar in a graduate program for multiple years and have learned a lot,” he said. “A lot of people at this point go shopping for theories, thinking ‘oh, I need this person’s theory and that person’s theory,’ and they don’t sit down and say to themselves, ‘well, how do I think the world works and where did these ideas come from?’