ABSTRACT
Hi Judy, My name is Susan Poch and I just recently finished my dissertation and successfully defended it (April 1998). I don’t know if that makes me a statistic or just what, but I did finish! [(9/21/00)]
[(10/8/98)] I began my doctoral degree by default. My husband is employed in the area and we have children, 5 to be exact, who were and are attending school here. It was impossible to think of going anywhere else. But fortunately, my department hired an exceptional faculty member who accepted me as her student. She helped me
through the prelim process, and I’m not sure that at that point she was sure of my capabilities. But we managed to develop a good working relationship (which I believe is absolutely essential in a chair-student situation!) and pressed on….
