A Strategic Partner for Your Graduate School

We provide the systems, curriculum, and coaching to help your doctoral candidates finish and your faculty thrive.

The Gap in Doctoral Student and Faculty Success

Universities today face a dual challenge.

Students lack confidence in their writing and don’t understand how to navigate the dissertation process, leading to extended time-to-degree completion.

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Faculty lack the time and/or the specific systems to balance advising with research, teaching, and service duties leading to burnout.


Done Dissertation closes this gap.

 

We have a 3-phase approach to collaborating with institutions, ensuring that students have to tools to finish and faculty have the strategies and infrastructure to guide them.

Our Holistic University Partnership Model

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Equipping Students to Finish

Student Support

wrWe provide comprehensive resources to help students navigate the dissertation process from start to finish.
 
  • The Student Success Platform: An institutional license that gives your students 24/7 access to our step-by-step curriculum, template toolkit, and a private scholarly community for peer support.

  • Skill-Building Workshops: We deliver high-impact virtual or in-person workshops on critical topics like “Elevate Your Academic Writing” and “From Dissertation to Publication”.

  • The Velocity Intensive: For students requiring high-touch intervention, we offer enhanced coaching, including weekly group calls and writing feedback sessions to help them break through roadblocks.
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Supporting Your Faculty Advisors

Faculty Development

 We provide professional development designed to enhance chairing practices so faculty can flourish.

  • The FINISH System : We train faculty on our proprietary framework, helping them streamline the dissertation chairing process from start to defense.

  • Faculty Workshops: Interactive sessions focused on practical skills, such as “How to be a Productive Scholar While Advising” and strategies for providing timely, meaningful feedback.
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Books and
Guides

Educational Resources

We offer bulk pricing on our signature publications to ensure every doctoral student and their advisor are on the same page.

Proven Completion Outcomes

1000+

Scholars and Advisors Supported

76%

Earn their doctorate within 1 year of joining our ecosystem.

94%

Earn their doctorate within 2 years of joining our ecosystem.

Meet the Done Dissertation Leadership Team

Dr. Ramon Goings, Founder

Renee Goings

Mrs. Renee Goings, CEO


Done Dissertation is led by founder Dr. Ramon Goings and CEO Mrs. Renee Goings. Dr. Goings is Director and Associate Professor in the Language, Literacy, and Culture PhD Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. With over 70 scholarly publications, Dr. Goings is an expert on doctoral student success, Black male student success in K-20, and diversifying the teaching workforce. Mrs. Renee Goings brings over a decade of corporate experience in client and project management and serves as the university partnership liaison. 

Together they combine the academic rigor with operational excellence to help institutions transform the lives of students and faculty.

Let's Discuss Your Department/University Needs

Every institution has unique goals for retention and student success. Schedule a consultation to discuss how a Done Dissertation partnership can support the needs of your doctoral students.