Dissertation Boot Camps

Princeton Graduate Students: Feeling stuck at home and stuck on your writing? Don’t despair: the central elements of a productive Dissertation Bootcamp—space to write, focused writing time, camaraderie, and the opportunity to reflect on the writing process—have been reimagined for a remote format!

Dissertation Bootcamp offers a more flexible schedule to adapt to the demands of working at home. In addition to the required opening and closing sessions, sign up for your choice of 5 weekly online group writing and debriefing sessions, each led by a graduate Writing Center Fellow, to complement writing that you do on your own.

Weekly Schedule

Dissertation Bootcamp runs over two weeks, from Monday, July 12 to Friday, July 23. The launch and plenary debrief sessions are required, plus participation in at least 5 writing sessions & debriefs per week. Writing Center Fellows will be on hand for all Writing Sessions. All session times are in Eastern Time.

Registration

Dissertation Bootcamp has limited enrollment. Priority consideration is given to first-time applicants; year in program and proximity to graduation; and disciplinary diversity among participants.

A motivational deposit of $50, paid by check, is required. Your check is not cashed upon receipt; it is returned (or shredded on your behalf!) when you’ve fulfilled your Bootcamp commitment.

To apply, please submit a Bootcamp Application. The deadline to apply is Friday, June 18 at 5pm Eastern Time.

A joint initiative of the Princeton Writing Program and the Graduate School