Hi, everyone! My name is Lakievia "Lucky" Johnson. Feel free to call me Lakievia or Lucky because I answer to both (use the name easier for you to say and remember). Thanks for having me in the community. I am a doctoral candidate at Liberty University, and I am finishing the Doctor of Strategic Leadership degree. In my program, there are four courses we have to take as doctoral candidates: BMAL887, BMAL888, BMAL889, and BMAL890, which are all semester long courses, and I just started BMAL888 this month. In this course, one of the biggest tasks to complete is the literature review, so I am working on that now. I look forward to being a resource, collecting resources, and learning, growing, and connecting with all of you. Much Success!

Please excuse the burst of posts, but I want to share an update. Over the course of this semester, I’ll be revamping our modules. Nothing currently available is going away. The existing modules will remain live and fully accessible. That said, after nearly a year of writing and refining my approach to doctoral research, it’s time to produce a clearer, tighter 2.0 version of the curriculum. Tentatively, the new structure will consist of nine modules, each with a streamlined layout: Lecture → Practicum → Reading List Here’s the working module sequence: Module 1: On Doctoral Education and Research Module 2: On Navigating Institutional Requirements Module 3: On Topic Development Module 4: On the Literature Review Module 5: On Research Design and Methodology Module 6: On Ethics and Implementation Module 7: On Data Analysis and Interpretation Module 8: On Defense and Graduation Module 9: On Post-Doctoral Praxis (i.e., publishing, career advancement, etc.) One additional note: this has already been part of our broader offering, but as more of you move into data collection, I’ll begin hosting monthly-ish data analysis workshops (qualitative and quantitative). I’ll also likely invite guest scholars to lead some of these sessions. More to come, but I’m excited about where this is heading as we continue building this community into something closer to a doctoral guild than a typical “program.”

Greeting everyone, On Sunday, February 8th at 11:30 AM EST, I will host another colloquium session on LinkedIn. Everyone is of course welcome to join and can find the Zoom link on the Calendar. Here is the link to he event on LinkedIn as well: https://www.linkedin.com/events/doctoralcolloquim-ontheliteratu7423025304295624706/. If you could like and repost it, I'd greatly appreciate it =)

Greetings, Dissertation Demystified! Here is another great week to keep those intellectual discussions going! This week's office hours have been posted in the calendar: Wednesday at 7:00 PM EST Sunday at 2:00 PM EST Please let me know in this thread if you plan on attending and what you would like to discuss. You could also pop in to say hello! Have a productive week ahead.

Greetings everyone, Here's a little winter vibes for you. I have to say snowy Baltimore doesn't look half bad. Perfect weather to get some dissertation work done. If you opt to have a strong drink during your academic labours, I wouldn't hold it against you!