We built this Scholar Suite with the specific intention of bridging the gap between academic research and strategic execution.Â
Every guide and training here was designed by us. These resources bring together our combined experience in doctoral mentorship and project management to provide you with practical tools to help you successfully complete your dissertation.Â
We are glad you are here. Let's get you to the finish line!
Dr. Ramon Goings, Owner/Founder
Renee Goings, Owner/CEO
Courses and Trainings
Design Your Done Dissertation Workshop Course
In this course, you will learn one Dissertation mindset framework that positions doctoral students to finish their dissertation in months instead of years. You will also create completion plan to finishing your dissertation over the next year and learn how to strategically structure a team designed to support you on your journey to being done.Â
$197.00 USD
Ready, Set, Defend Your Dissertation Workshop Course
Ready. Set, Defend is a self-paced course designed to take the fear out of your dissertation defense and replace it with unshakeable confidence. In less than one hour, you'll learn exactly how to present your research, anticipate committee questions, and walk into that room prepared to succeed. Stop guessing. Start defending. Enroll today.
$147.00 USD
Find Your Gap Literature Review Workshop Course
Transform your literature review from an overwhelming annotated bibliography into a compelling scholarly story. This on-demand workshop provides a proven four-step framework to help you conceptualize, write, and confidently position your study within the academic conversation.
$147.00 USD
Responding to Feedback Workshop Course
Stop letting red ink stall your dissertation. In this training, you will learn a system to process, negotiate, and implement committee feedback without losing your voice or your mind. This training covers how to process overwhelming edits using the step-by-step C.W.S. method, suggestive vs. directive feedback, how to handle conflicting advice, and much more. Get back in the driver's seat and turn critique into momentum!
$147.00 USD
Guides
Dissertation Chapter Planning Guide
Your dissertation is a massive project. The Dissertation Chapter Planning Guide takes the guesswork out of the ABD phase by giving you a clear, chapter-by-chapter tracking plan. Map out your exact targets from Chapter 1 to Chapter 5, structure your writing schedule, and turn a massive document into manageable, daily writing.
🚨IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have already purchased the Design Your Done Dissertation (DYDD) course, do not buy this! This guide is already included in your DYDD course materials.
$47.00 USD
The Dissertation Defense Blueprint
Most doctoral programs teach you how to research. Almost none of them teach you how to defend. This guide draws on over a decade of experience on both sides of the dissertation table (student and faculty) and follows a three-step framework around mindset, preparation, and presentation. This guide applies across disciplines, formats, and institutional contexts — from humanities to hard sciences, in-person to fully virtual. You can use the guide standalone or as a companion resource to the Done Dissertation Ready Set, Defend Your Dissertation Workshop Course.
$27.00 USD
The ABD Survival Guide
Welcome to your survival guide. If you are reading this, you are likely stuck in the All But Dissertation (ABD) phase and exhausted, overwhelmed, and carrying the heavy guilt of not making progress. Academia prepared you for the research, but it didn't prepare you for the emotional and logistical reality of writing a massive document while managing your life, your family, and a full-time job. Inside this guide, you will work through the Done Dissertation compounding six-step framework designed to help you rebuild momentum and finish your dissertation. It is time to stop waiting for inspiration. Download your guide below. Trust the process and get your dissertation DONE!
$27.00 USD
The ABD Pause Playbook Guide
Don't let a waiting period kill your momentum. The ABD Pause Playbook Guide gives you exact, step-by-step checklists to keep your project moving forward while you wait on IRB approval, committee feedback, or outside data. Turn your downtime into productive prep work and maintain your velocity.
$37.00 USD
The Committee Management Guide
Are you stuck waiting for your Chair to tell you what to do next? The biggest mistake doctoral students make is passively waiting for their committee to manage them. This guide gives you the tools to step into the role of Project Lead. Download the playbook to get the exact email scripts and meeting agendas you need to establish boundaries, handle delayed feedback, and drive your dissertation to the finish line.
$47.00 USD
Books
14 Secrets to a Done Dissertation
In 14 Secrets to a Done Dissertation, Dr. Goings shares fourteen proven strategies that will help you navigate the dissertation process and finish in record time. In this book you will discover how to manage your busy schedule and reclaim your time to finish your dissertation, strategies to overcome perfectionism and procrastination, the science and art of selecting a dissertation chair and committee members, and how to prepare you and your family for your dissertation proposal and final defense.
$29.99 USD
The FINISH System
In The FINISH System: A Dissertation Chair’s Guide to Supporting Doctoral Students From Start to Defense, Dr. Ramon Goings offers a lifeline to dissertation chairs seeking a clear, effective strategy for helping students FINISH their dissertations successfully. In this book you will learn how to set clear expectations and boundaries to keep students accountable and on track, navigate challenging student-faculty dynamics with ease, balance your own faculty workload responsibilities while providing high-quality support, and much more!