Write a Chapter 1 Your Committee Approves
Five structured Chapter 1 modules taught by a dissertation chair with more than fifteen years on the approving side of the table. Now available as a self study course, no live sessions, no community, just the complete writing system on your own time.
Are you that student?
You have revised Chapter 1 more times than you can count. Every round of feedback points somewhere new. The problem statement is too broad, then too narrow. The purpose statement does not match the research questions. You are not a weak writer, and you are not imagining it. Nobody ever showed you what a committee is actually checking when they read Chapter 1.
That is exactly what this course teaches, section by section, from the chair's side of the table.
What happens inside the course
- 5 structured Chapter 1 modules with a clear writing path from your Chapter 1 introduction to your final summary.
- Video lessons for every section of Chapter 1, the same way a chair reads it.
- Section guides explaining exactly what belongs in each part.
- Line by line sentence builders to help you write each section.
- Guidance connecting your problem statement, purpose statement, research questions, methodology, and design into one aligned argument.
- Support for data collection, data analysis, trustworthiness, and ethical considerations.
- You work at your own pace, on your own schedule, with five months of access. That window is a deadline working in your favor.
Three ways to get through Chapter 1
Do It Yourself
All 5 modules: video lessons, section guides, and line by line sentence builders. Every lesson, every example, none of my calendar. For the student who wants the chair's playbook and will do the work.
Start TodayDo It Together
Everything in Self Study, all 5 modules, plus Live Writing Sessions with me, the Research. Write. Thrive. community, and direct support when you get stuck. A focused 45 day structure that starts the day you enroll. Show up, write, make progress.
Join With CommunityDo It With Me
I read your actual chapter and give you written feedback the way a chair writes it, because I was the chair. For the student who wants eyes on her document.
See CoachingYour instructor
Dr. Rolanda Anderson spent more than fifteen years as a dissertation chair, reading and approving the chapters doctoral students submit. She has seen every version of a stuck Chapter 1, and she built this course around one belief: students do not fail because they lack talent. They fail because nobody showed them what the committee is checking. She works with students in both PhD and Ed.D. programs.
Questions students ask
How long do I have access?
Five months from the day you enroll. Most students finish Chapter 1 well inside that window, and the time limit helps you keep moving.
Is the community included?
Not at this price. The $1,297 version includes everything in Self Study plus Live Writing Sessions, the Research. Write. Thrive. community, and direct support from Dr. Anderson in a focused 45 day structure. The timeline works when you do the work. You can start with Self Study and upgrade later if you want that support.
What if I want feedback on my actual draft?
That is coaching, and it is the one thing no course can replace. When you are ready, one to one coaching starts at $297.
Stop guessing what your committee wants
Five months from now you can be holding an approved Chapter 1, or you can be on another round of confusing feedback. The playbook is right here.
Start Chapter 1 Today for $597Don't stress. We will get through it.
Dr. Rolanda Anderson, Dissertation Gurus
