The OLIT Doctoral Student Community of Practice (COP) is an informal group that meets about once a month to talk about issues that are of interest to doctoral students in the program, and also to socialize, make connections, and support each other. It is open to all doctoral students in the OLIT program and it provides an opportunity for students who specialize in one area in the program to meet others, and for those who are new to meet the more experienced students. We started this group in 2001, and many have said they have benefited from it. We discuss all kinds of topics such as becoming a professional in the field, joining professional groups, networking, developing dissertation research questions, organizing research data, providing feedback on dissertation study results, to name a few. The most important functions of the group, however, are to form a community of practice and to support each other through the doctoral process.

For further information please contact:

Dr. Deb LaPointe
Email: dlapointe@salud.unm.edu
Phone: 505-272-3254

Next Meeting of the Doc COP

OLIT Doctoral Student Achievements

UNM Office of Graduate Studies

Look for the link to Thesis and Dissertation for information on announcing your dissertation defense, formatting your dissertation, and following the graduation checklist.