Semester of Graduation
Fall 2025
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Professional Writing
Department
English
Committee Chair/First Advisor
Dr. Erin Kathleen Bahl
Second Advisor
Professor Garrard Conley
Abstract
This capstone project, completed for a second master's degree after a Ph.D., discusses aspects of transforming the doctoral dissertation on digital versus manual mediums in fashion design into a research monograph book proposal for academic publication. It reflects on a publisher's requirements and the process, including de-thesizing the dissertation, planning the book's structure, rewriting sample chapters to improve flow and readability, and creating a table of contents that demonstrates the work's development into a publishable book rather than a dissertation. Another part of the project includes developing an author platform through blog posts and platforms such as Substack, preparing the groundwork for connections between the research and broader audiences. Due to the unpublished and proposed nature of the work, some details are not included in this document.
Included in
Fashion Business Commons, Fashion Design Commons, Illustration Commons, Nonfiction Commons, Other Arts and Humanities Commons, Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures Commons, Technical and Professional Writing Commons