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At the conclusion of the proposal hearing, with recommendations in hand, students turn their attention to work on revisions, human subject protocols (if applicable), and logistics of fieldwork in qualitative dissertation contexts. Once approved by an IRB to conduct human subjects research, dissertation events move into the field with interviews, observations, and a whole range of data collection and analysis activities unfold. All of these tasks lead to the development of the monograph dissertation study, if traditional, or sets of article-length studies or other project forms of dissertation research, if alternative formats serve as the basis of a culminating project in a doctoral program. Much like the proposal hearing, the final dissertation hearing—or defense—frequently follows a formal process—a brief student presentation, committee discussion, and committee deliberation. However, two practices unique to final dissertation hearings, in some program and institutional contexts, add to the activities that occur in the proposal hearing: a public demonstration or talk that presents results, findings, and recommendation for research and practice; and a signing ceremony of a page that inserts in the front matter of the monograph dissertation in more traditional forms, and in some cases, one final ceremonial custom—a celebration of students’ research work.