Dissertation Supervision
Topics
Dr. Twelftree is happy to work with doctoral students in areas such as the following:
- The Historian and the New Testament
- Jesus the Baptist
- The historical Jesus
- Miracles, Miracle Workers and the Miraculous in Late Antiquity
- The Miraculous in Christian and Other Traditions
- Exorcism among early Christians
- The history of the demonic
- Q and Synoptic Studies
- Markan Studies
- Luke-Acts
- Pauline Theology
- Saint Paul and the Miraculous
- Johannine Theology
Being Supervised (What Dr. Twelftree expects)
- The student to take the initiative in arranging electronic or face-to-face meetings
- Not less than 10 working days between a student's submission of a paper or chapter and its return
- Attention to detail and writing skills
- Timeliness and punctuality in all arrangements
- Scholarly integrity, honesty, and humility
- Single-minded, long term commitment to the dissertation
- Developed thinking skills, especially in creativity
- Lateral thinking, ability to make jumps and connections between idea and materials
- High level of organizational skill
- Ability to receive critical assessment of work
- A desire to integrate life, scholarship and church or ministry
Supervising (What students can expect from Dr. Twelftree)
- Interest and support in your holistic development as a Christian, scholar and servant of the church
- A commitment to your professional development and helping you succeed in your field
- Regular meetings
- Puctuality at meetings
- Timeliness in returning chapters or papers: 10-14 working days from submission
- Honest feedback on your chapters and papers
- Challenging interaction to develop your chapters and dissertation
- Attention to detail and writing skills
- Generally, same day reply to emails
- Finally, he will not read or think for you, or write your dissertation!
Bibliography:
Supervising the PhD: a guide to success by Sara Delamont, Paul Atkinson and Odette Parry (1997) (The Society for Research into Higher Education and Open University Press, Buckingham).
"How to supervise," chapter 11 from How to get a PhD: a handbook for students and their supervisors by Estelle M. Phillips and D.S. Pugh (2nd ed., 1994), Open University Press, Buckingham.
"Going for Gold in Assessed Coursework," chapter 3 from How to get a good degree: making the most of your time at university by Phil Race (1999), Open University Press.
"Dissertations (I): Starting," chapter 8 from Successful study for degrees by Rob Barnes (2nd ed., 1995), Routledge.
"Dissertations (II): Analysing and Writing," chapter 9 from Successful study for degrees by Rob Barnes (2nd ed., 1995), Routledge.
Resource on Cambridge University's website
See also the Dissertation page in the Ph D Scrapbook