Congrats!!! I love that you're giving yourself grace to feel how you feel and space to reflect on how you feel. It's a good example of things not having to be done or experienced just one way in life and that should be represented!! It instantly reminded me of something an admin said at our orientation last week, "Do I want to finish quickly or do you want to finish well - academically, mentally, and financially? What does that look like for me?" I feel some similarities to what you discussed because your journey looks different from others and that's okay!! goodness I always feel so inspired after watching your videos

@BrisaMarie

10 ай бұрын

Hi!! and YES i love that quote you shared.. "finishing well" is not often talked about and sooo many people leave grad school burnt out or with trauma! I am very relieved that I am done... but also this youtube community really created a space for me to also make sure I am "finishing well!" Thank you for your encouragement and wise words! I am so glad that we are in this thing together lol. Thank you thank you thank you!

Congrats, Dr.! I am just beginning my doctoral journey so I’m taking all of what you say in! ❤❤❤❤ Congrats again. Breathe!

@BrisaMarie

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! and CONGRATS to you for starting your journey!!!!!

@AfrosandArtichokes

10 ай бұрын

@@BrisaMarie Ma’am! I had to come back and say, “Thank You!” I used your tips from another video for my AB and whew! They were so helpful. What I’m having to get used to is the fact that this journey is almost too solo. Professors ask for annotated bibs but never say how, etc. Oh well. I got this. Lol. Thanks again, Pretty Girl. I mean, Dr.! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@BrisaMarie

10 ай бұрын

I am soooo happy that my videos are helpful!!! Please let me know if you ever have any questions!!! This community exist so no one has to feel like they're doing it alone!

Congratulations! It’s been great to see you go through this process- inspiring and kept me going when I felt like giving up. I’ve written chapters 1-3 and I’m preparing to do my research then write ch 4 & 5. You a DOCTOR now!!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

@BrisaMarie

10 ай бұрын

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH! It is sooo weird to see Doctor associated with me (but like... in a good way lol). Thank you for being sooo encouraging! ALSO CONGRATS TO YOU! Chapters 1-3 that BIG!!!! What an amazing time. Soon you will be a doctor too!!! I am so glad we are in this together lol

Congratulations, Dr. Brisa Marie!! I totally feel you on feeling numb after completing a process and it not sinking in yet!! I went through that while studying for my Executive MBA 30 years after getting my BA from the same HBCU school. It didn't sink in that it was all over and I did it until the next semester and I didn't have anymore classes to take! Lol! I'm so happy for you and can't wait until you share with us your Cap, Robe and Hood!! 🎓👏👏👏

@BrisaMarie

10 ай бұрын

THANK YOU!!!!! It definitely is surreal! And HBCU!??!?! What school did you go to? Thank you for your encouraging words! they bring so much joy and peace to my day!

@QueenDiva

10 ай бұрын

@@BrisaMarie Prairie View A&M University, a part of the Texas A&M University system! Yoouuuu Knoowww! 💜💛💜💛

@BrisaMarie

10 ай бұрын

Oh I know PV! I'm from Texas!! I went to their home coming games in high school just for fun!!! I looooovvvveee PV

@QueenDiva

10 ай бұрын

@@BrisaMarie Ayyeee! 💜💛💜💛

Congrats on being so close to your goal. I had no doubt you would finish strong!

@BrisaMarie

10 ай бұрын

THANK YOU SOOOO SOOO SOO MUCH!

🎉🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations!!! Currently in revisions of chapter 1 but I kept hearing a finished dissertation is a good dissertation

@BrisaMarie

10 ай бұрын

thank you so much! And CONGRATS to you! There are sooo many milestones in the writing process and it is sooo amazing you already working on revisions on your first chapter! I agree a done dissertation is a good dissertation. I really believe we have our WHOLE academic careers to become prolific writers. Grad school is just for practice to exercise the skills we are learning! You got this!

Congrats! Thanks for keeping us on this journey!

@BrisaMarie

10 ай бұрын

Of course!!! Thank you for commenting💙

I am sooo happy to hear this update! Congratulations ❤❤❤

@BrisaMarie

10 ай бұрын

JANTRE!!!! HIIII!!!! YES!!!!! Thank you! I am soo excited!

Congratulations 🎊 🎈

@BrisaMarie

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so so much!

Congratulations Dr.!!!! I am so happy for you!

@BrisaMarie

11 ай бұрын

Thank you sooo much! I really appreciate you taking time to share some positivity with me! lol Thaaaankkk youuu!

Congratulations 🎊 I am so proud of you Dr!!!!!!!!!

@BrisaMarie

11 ай бұрын

Hahahaha Thank you sooooo much! It has been a journey. lol but I appreciate you being there to always be so encouraging!

🥳🥳🥳 CONGRATULATIONS!!!

@BrisaMarie

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!!!! I thought about you as I posted this video. Lol I was like now I can (without guilt) accept congratulations hahaha Also I will answer your other comment soon. They are really good questions in it and I need to spend some time to write it out. :)

Amazing achievement. Well done, and thanks again for sharing your experiences.

@BrisaMarie

11 ай бұрын

of course!! thank you so much for taking the time to comment such encouraging things! I appreciate you!

CONGRATULATIONS BRISA!!!!! YOU DID IT!!! AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

@BrisaMarie

11 ай бұрын

I LOVE YOU!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

@erickpurpose

11 ай бұрын

@@BrisaMarie I LOVE YOU TOO SHAWTY

Congratulations

@BrisaMarie

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

thank you so much for sharing your journey with us

@AuroraLucas10

11 ай бұрын

CONGRATULATIONS CONGRATULATIONS CONGRATULATIONS !!!! AHHHHH DR. BRISA MARIEEEEEEE !!!

@AuroraLucas10

11 ай бұрын

those barriers suck, and they shouldn't have been there. Thank you so much for being open about your struggles as well. I hope that you have time to rest and nourish your soul.

@BrisaMarie

10 ай бұрын

hahaha I LOOOOVVVEEED reading these comments! hahah thank you so much! it all feels very surreal but I am definitely feeling more and more "free" lol FOR SURE! I am feeling less stressed! thank you for being so kind and encouraging!

Congrats! Watching this journey even as a new viewer has been amazing. You’ve worked BEYOND hard, I hope you know we’re proud. Regarding dissertation questions, how long do they typically take and is there a page requirement that researchers are expected to follow? I always see formats such as, 2 years for coursework and 2 years for your dissertation. Yet don’t exactly know what a mapping looks like especially since not all PhD are finished in four years.

@BrisaMarie

9 ай бұрын

Oh my goodness!! my heart!! Thank you for such kind and encouraging words!! as for your questions: Dissertations vary depending on field, some people can write a dissertation in as little as few months while others can take upwards 5 years or even more. They are really individualized, but on average people are expected to write a dissertation between 1-3 years. But again, there are also exceptions, Dissertations do not have a standardized page requirement. Each dissertation is defined by the student and their committee so there are a lot variation. My dissertation would be considered rather short as it is about 140 pages. Some dissertations can be 500 pages... Though most people average about 200-300 pages. I do have a couple videos that might help illuminate what my process/UCLA culture & Performance phd looks like. here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qauby69-YrSpn7Q.htmlsi=yXt8XU9wEi_1AzFD I also have another one that goes into more details about PhD basic/requirements in general that might be useful.. might not: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Zq6Kupigaaqqnps.htmlsi=V2oj6XkhpGLRvXKc All of these videos can be found in this playlist where I talk about all the basics of PhDs and the process: kzread.info/head/PLY-K7nK2wQ2Xb4enQnPjnR8MrFpZ8sEiu Hopefully that helps!!!! Thank you again for taking the time to comment such kind words!

@aphrojitex8972

9 ай бұрын

@@BrisaMarie It is simply the truth dear, anytime! Thank you for these answers I greatly appreciate them and found this rather informative. I’m gonna watch your video on this now :)

Congratulations I am very proud of you 🎉🎉🎉

@BrisaMarie

11 ай бұрын

THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!! You have no idea how much your support means to me!!

@mardelldilworth3833

11 ай бұрын

@@BrisaMarie you're welcome

🎉🎉🎉❤😊 This is fantastic news!!! You continue to be a shining star in my sky. I am finally beginning my journey next week and will continue to look to you for great advice🫡 Thank you again for sharing your journey🥹

@BrisaMarie

10 ай бұрын

HI!!! Thank you soo sooo so so so much!!! How have your first few weeks been going!? How are you feeling! Thank you for commenting :D

@Thedrayghost

10 ай бұрын

@@BrisaMarieHi hon. It's been interesting. Busy, working on time mgt, and over thinking most things. I did get an A and B on first two papers so that's something to be proud of! How are you?

@BrisaMarie

10 ай бұрын

@Thedrayghost that's is beyond amazing!!! I totally understand but I'm sure you'll get it! Sometimes it takes time! And I'm doing well... its all finally starting to feel real which is nice lol. Now I can start focusing moren on KZread and not trying to graduate hahahahah thank you for asking lol

@Thedrayghost

10 ай бұрын

@@BrisaMarie It dawned on me like omg what happens to her channel now her journey is coming to an end...

@BrisaMarie

10 ай бұрын

@Thedrayghost I'll still give grad advice and I'll talk a little more about post-doc/post grad life lol I'm not going anywhere no worries!!! Haahhah

"worry about yaself" lmaaaaaaaaaaao

@BrisaMarie

11 ай бұрын

Hhahahhaha got to keep it real lol hhahahaha

Hi Brisa!! Congratulations on almost completing your dissertation. Now, I have a problem related to my thesis. Apparently, I was told to compose a portfolio instead of a thesis for my degree since it is cheaper and there is not a lot of faculty who can look at my work regarding disability studies. If I take this path, I wonder if the institution will judge me or see me as the lower student who cannot manage a Master's thesis. Is this all in my head or do you see this as a problem for future study? Please, let me know whenever you have the chance.

@BrisaMarie

10 ай бұрын

Hi! Thank you so much! As for your question, I don't think most schools will mind. I don't think admissions really harbors to much on your master's thesis or degree. In most cases they will review them to see if they meet their pre-reqs but not for admissions but rather after you get accepted. This way if the capstone isn't sufficient than they just make sure you earn another masters simultaneously with your phd! That was my experience any way. I used an undergraduate paper for my phd application (by the time I had applied i was not where near finished with my masters thesis). And no one actually ever read/looked at my masters thesis. So I wouldn't worry too much. And depending on what program you apply to they may even be excited about the portfolio as it brings about new perspectives! I hope that helps

Currently dealing with burnout, so I decided to postpone my qualifying presentation to next year. It is what it is, but I'm mad because I've met absolutely *NONE* of my goals. Anyway, *I'm curious what your qualitative methods process was -- that is, how you went from collecting your data to analyzing it, and then writing up your results/ findings?*

@BrisaMarie

11 ай бұрын

That is totally understandable and relatable. Even though I know what I am about to say may not make any difference, I do think it is important to say, that while you may not have reached your academic goals, somewhere in you there was a goal to protect your emotional/mental/physical well being and honestly... that is literally the most important thing! We often don't consider those as real goals but SOOO many people put themselves in danger for these degrees and I think it is AMAZING and POWERFUL that you chose to protect yourself. And seeing how you haven't dropped out, I think the goal of eventually graduating is still being met lol so that (to me) is something worth celebrating.... As for my research... heres the thing before I got hurt i had a completely different project in mind but after I got hurt my focus had to shift. So in this video I talk a lot about my methods/methodologies ( kzread.info/dash/bejne/lZN8j6mbidC5cto.htmlsi=LlN78d6f7Ph4QhXl ) and I did rely a lot on them, but ultimately I did a lot of secondary source analysis, discourse analysis and visual anaylsis in my dissertation. Since i am in culture studies my dissertation doesn't follow the formulaic format where theres a lit review, methods, findings, etc.... it was more like a long analytical essay lol where the chapters are related but tackle different specific issues. So yeah... that video goes into detail about my methods/methodological process.

So you don’t have to defend? Is yours just three chapters? Thanks for responding 🎉

@BrisaMarie

11 ай бұрын

Hi! yes you are correct! I have a intro, three chapters and a conclusion. I think it all comes out to about 132 pages or so. In my department we do an oral defense before we start writing to make sure we know what we are about to do lol which is nice when you are at this point lol Thank you for asking :D

Congrats on submitting a completed dissertation! Do you have a defense date yet?

@danararviso9247

11 ай бұрын

Also really appreciating the journey that you've been through and everything that you experienced along the way. As a fellow WOC, I often think about how many additional hurdles I've encountered and how exhausting it is to keep persisting. Really proud of you for navigating everything and sharing your wisdom with all of us!

@BrisaMarie

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! Your words are literally soooo kind and heartfelt. Thank you for being proud of me! thank you for sharing such encouragement. I really appreciate you! Thank you for taking the time to watch these videos and comment. You have no idea how much that means to me