Our Mission
Dissertation Roadmap combines coaching and academic consulting into a comprehensive service designed to support graduate students, doctoral candidates, and early-career academics. With a focus on research design, execution, writing skills, and effective time management, Dissertation Roadmap empowers clients to enhance productivity and achieve success in their academic work.
About Us
Founder, Dissertation & Academic Coach
After completing my master’s at BoÄŸaziçi University and my PhD in Political Science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, I taught courses at undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels, primarily in Political Science and Research Methods. I also supervised doctoral and master’s theses and served on many thesis committees.
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Seeing that many students, despite having a strong foundation in their disciplines, often lost their way in the thesis-writing process due to a lack of methodological and academic writing skills led me toward thesis coaching after leaving institutional academia.
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I began this journey by coaching numerous qualitative and quantitative thesis and dissertation projects with a UK-based company, and have now taken it to a professional level by founding Dissertation Roadmap.
Ebru
Altınoğlu, PhD
Dr. Ebru
Altınoğlu
Nikki Phair,
PhD
Dissertation & Academic Coach
Nikki brings a wealth of experience as a former research supervisor, lecturer, and course facilitator to the Dissertation Roadmap team. With a PhD in molecular ecology and a strong track record of coaching over 200 students in both quantitative and qualitative projects, she is committed to helping you navigate your dissertation journey as efficiently and effectively as possible.
Having led numerous research projects, many of which have been published in peer-reviewed journals, Nikki understands what it takes to meet academic standards and impress markers. Her passion lies in empowering students to turn their ideas into impactful research, guiding them every step of the way.​​