Committee Membership
The thesis project is a collaborative effort providing a challenging and rewarding learning experience. Students work closely with at least two readers besides their advisor to carry out the thesis project. The advisor must be a full member of the Institute CSD faculty. The second and third readers may be members of the Institute faculty, qualified members of the IHP research community (e.g., a doctoral student or a postdoctoral fellow in the advisor’s lab), or especially qualified and interested individuals affiliated with an outside institution. Outside committee members must be acceptable to the thesis advisor and should not have any conflict of interest with the Institute’s policies. With the guidance of their readers, students work on the specification of a research question, the study design, data collection methods, and the analysis and interpretation of results, as appropriate.