UFOs and Dissertations

Today, July 2nd, is World UFO Day. Although this day is meant to commemorate the 1947 event when a rancher outside of Roswell, New Mexico supposedly discovered an alien crash site on his property, UFOs have a special meaning for dissertation students as well…

In my conversations with dissertation students, the subject of UFOs arises with amazing frequency. Students refer to their dissertations as

Unceasingly Frustrating Obstacles, that leave them

Unhinged, Flailing, & Obsessed, and to earning their chair’s approval as a

Useless, Fickle Occupation, which won’t end

Until Forever Occurs!

Have you noticed UFOs circling your dissertation? Let me know what UFOs you’ve noticed in the comments below. And, if you have any doctoral colleagues you fear may be at risk of alien abduction, please share this with them!

Finally, if you feel like you need help battling the aliens bent on the utter & final obliteration (Whoa! – There’s another one!) of your dissertation project…