Humor will not be tolerated!! -Portia

I passed my dissertation defense today. I now have a PhD in American Studies.

Hey, that's pretty awesome!

Oh, heaven help us all. Humble Doctor?!

But despite my fear for the size of your head (which, let's be honest, isn't anything new), Congrats! I hope someday to see you teaching at BYU. And if you ever teach a Harry Potter class, I'll consider auditing it to make sure you get details right.

Personally, I like "Doctor Master" much better.

Congratulations, dude. I'm excited for you, and jealous.

Congrats!

When I first read the title of this thread, I assumed Dr. Smeed was involved somehow, like you were coming out that he was your super-secret identity or you were joined at the hip in a freak accident or something.

Anyway, congrats Dottore Modesto!

That is awesome! Congratulations.

Way to go!

Yes you should! Congratulations!

That's so cool, Humble Master! I just graduated with my degree in American Studies from BYU last year. Can I ask where you did your PhD program and what you studied as an undergrad?

Just change it to Doctor, there's no need to be humble anymore.

Congrats! Now go out there and... um... study some Americans?

Woohoo! Many congratulations. I can't even imagine all the work that goes into that.

bobtheenchantedone wrote:Congrats! Now go out there and... um... study some Americans?

He actually studied comic books. Every boy's dream.

Sharona Fleming wrote:That's so cool, Humble Master! I just graduated with my degree in American Studies from BYU last year. Can I ask where you did your PhD program and what you studied as an undergrad?

My undergrad and Masters were at BYU in the English program. I'm at Michigan State now.

Congrats! Hopefully you can avoid the guillotines beheading higher education in particular and the social sciences and humanities in particular! With your creativity and intelligence, I know you'll get tenure or that comic book store job, whatever it is you and your Lois Lane decide!

If there's a PDF copy anywhere and you don't mind sharing, I'd love to read it. I'm nerdy that way: I read PhD dissertations for fun...

I think the most important question that can be asked in this thread is this: which comic book movie are you most excited for this summer?

Portia wrote:If there's a PDF copy anywhere and you don't mind sharing, I'd love to read it. I'm nerdy that way: I read PhD dissertations for fun...

As soon as I get the formatting worked out with Proquest I'll let you know.

wired wrote:I think the most important question that can be asked in this thread is this: which comic book movie are you most excited for this summer?

Thor. I'm most worried about Green Lantern (which I would have anticipated to be the most sure fire adaptation of the bunch before I saw trailers for any of them). Captain America looks solid and has good buzz, and X-Men: First Class is winning me over with their trailers.

Dead Cat wrote:When I first read the title of this thread, I assumed Dr. Smeed was involved somehow, like you were coming out that he was your super-secret identity or you were joined at the hip in a freak accident or something.

Anyway, congrats Dottore Modesto!

Hahaha, I WISH I were involved somehow. It has been a lasting regret that I have never met Humble Master, much less been joined at the hip in a freak accident with him.

By the way, I am no longer Dr. Smeed. I am Second Lieutenant Smeed. Now that I have a real title in real life, I might as well use it.