There comes a time in your doctoral studies, where classes are complete, group projects are done, and you find yourself academically alone. The comforting structure of your cohort, imposed by being in class at a specific time every week, is gone. You are on your own to step into the dissertation phase of your life - alone to write, research, present, defend, and finish a significant body of work. Dissertation Fundamentals was written to help you with the dissertation phase of your doctoral journey Focusing on what you really need to know, Dissertation Fundamentals takes you through the dissertation process; step-by-step, with easy to read descriptions in each chapter. The author tells you what you need to know and how to avoid some of the pitfalls of your dissertation journey. After presenting steps of selecting a topic and methodology, Mallette guides the student around the pitfalls of selecting a chair and committee and then a page-by-page walkthrough of the five-chapter dissertation. Examples and stories from his more than 40 dissertation students are sprinkled through this practical and easily read book.