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Dear All, I am looking for precedents of US PhD Dissertations being examined by externals (people who have had no extensive contact with the candidate in relation to their research - which normally means people outside of the candidate's Department, if not Institution). As you may be aware, US PhD candidates have their Dissertations essentially evaluated by their Committee of Advisors, people who have been overseeing the research if not involved in its production. There is usually a public defense at which people outside of the Committee may raise questions and offer critique, but the formal 'signing-off' of the research as having been of PhD standard is by that Committee. By contrast Anglo-European PhDs insist on 3 external reviewers of the Dissertation, with at least 2 in institutions different from the candidate's. I am interested in bringing external examination to the US PhD model, especially in situations where the epistemology of the research process may require more rigorous validation, such as practice-based research. If you know of external examination in US institutions of PhDs in design or allied disciplines, or if you know of articles concerning this issue, please let me know. I will collate and report back deploying the full authority of my tribe as below. Cameron ___________________________________ Assoc.Prof. Cameron Tonkinwise Director of Design Studies School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University MMCH 202A, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 ph (+1) 412 268 6937 email: [log in to unmask] ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------