Jo Doran Dissertation (Copyrighted): Engaging (In) The University: Researching L2 Graduate Students' Academic Discourse Needs Through Affect Literacy (original) (raw)

Entitled Engaging (in) the University: Researching L2 Graduate Students' Academic Discourse Needs through Affect Literacy For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Is approved by the final examini ng committee: West Lafayette, Indiana ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS There are numerous individuals whose feedback and patience were invaluable to me as I worked on this dissertation. I would especially like to thank Tony Silva for his patience, support, helpful and timely emails, and encouragement as I struggled to complete this work. Tony's advice to work on it every day to ward off the fear of being overwhelmed was more than helpful: It was so true. I would also like to thank my other committee members: Thomas Rickert, Margie Berns, and Z. Z. Lehmberg. Their help and support is greatly appreciated. I am indebted to my case-study student for his extreme kindness, time, and patience. Without his generosity, this would be a very different -and lackingdissertation. I am also grateful for the assistance of my daughter, Amber Suggitt: Without her determined and brilliant conversations and her role as devil's advocate I may not have come close to finishing this dissertation. I also wish to thank Julliette Ludeker, whose very patient help was invaluable to me as I wrote my prospectus; Margaret Morris, whose guidance as I wrote the advisor survey questions was of immeasurable help to me; and Anna Redsand, whose out-of-the-way visit up to see me in Michigan's U.P. helped me to formulate my statement of purpose and get started on the writing portion. I also want to thank my daughter, Miranda Suggitt, who always knew I would successfully complete my doctorate -and never stopped telling me; Theo McCracken iii who always played French music and made me smile and laugh when I went to his coffee shop to work; and Frank Goeddeke Jr. who met with me many times to help me develop my thesis. My deep appreciation also goes to my sister, Jacquey Shellenbarger, who lovingly bullied me into finishing this work. Additionally, there are many others who helped me survive serious setbacks: Bethlynn Sanders, Margaret