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Is it inappropriate for a student to attend their mentor's dissertation defense?


Number of slides for 45 minute defense presentationIs it ethical for an instructor to “hack” my system as part of the evaluation for my thesis defense?Why did my advisor criticize my work for the first time at my Master's Thesis defense?How important is the thesis document for judges on the day of the thesis defense?Having a co-author as an external examiner for doctoral thesis defenseWhat questions to prepare for PhD defense?What are the restrictions placed by copyright laws on reuse of figures in dissertation defense?What are the common mistakes PhD candidates make in their final defense session?How soon to send dissertation to committee before defense?Tips for being a good jury member for Master's defense













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I'm an undergraduate student at a research one university. My former instructor and current research mentor is defending their dissertation soon. I asked if I could attend and they said they would be fine with it.



My primary interest in doing so is to see how the defense process works for when I attend graduate school. I am also just genuinely interested in supporting them since we both research the same material and they've been incredibly encouraging and helpful to me.



I know defenses are open to the public, but, in your opinion, would a student attending your defense add more stress or disrupt the process? I just want to make sure I'm not making anything more difficult for them or overstepping a boundary, even though they say they are totally okay with me attending.










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    Welcome to Academia.SE. I changed "professor" --> "mentor" ... though undergrads in the US frequently refer to instructors as "their professor," I suspect the person in question is a graduate student and in fact not a professor.

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  • How are you defining "professor"? It could be possible for them to be both, right? It's possible to get an academic position before you finish your PhD; I'm doing a Masters degree, one of my lecturers hasn't finished his PhD yet (though he does have 3.5 years of sessional teaching experience), and he's listed on the university website as "Associate Lecturer".

    – nick012000
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    @nick012000 In Europe (including the UK) you often only call full professors a professor. Others are a doctor or something regional and specific.

    – Vladimir F
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I'm an undergraduate student at a research one university. My former instructor and current research mentor is defending their dissertation soon. I asked if I could attend and they said they would be fine with it.



My primary interest in doing so is to see how the defense process works for when I attend graduate school. I am also just genuinely interested in supporting them since we both research the same material and they've been incredibly encouraging and helpful to me.



I know defenses are open to the public, but, in your opinion, would a student attending your defense add more stress or disrupt the process? I just want to make sure I'm not making anything more difficult for them or overstepping a boundary, even though they say they are totally okay with me attending.










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    Welcome to Academia.SE. I changed "professor" --> "mentor" ... though undergrads in the US frequently refer to instructors as "their professor," I suspect the person in question is a graduate student and in fact not a professor.

    – cag51
    3 hours ago












  • How are you defining "professor"? It could be possible for them to be both, right? It's possible to get an academic position before you finish your PhD; I'm doing a Masters degree, one of my lecturers hasn't finished his PhD yet (though he does have 3.5 years of sessional teaching experience), and he's listed on the university website as "Associate Lecturer".

    – nick012000
    45 mins ago






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    @nick012000 In Europe (including the UK) you often only call full professors a professor. Others are a doctor or something regional and specific.

    – Vladimir F
    25 mins ago













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I'm an undergraduate student at a research one university. My former instructor and current research mentor is defending their dissertation soon. I asked if I could attend and they said they would be fine with it.



My primary interest in doing so is to see how the defense process works for when I attend graduate school. I am also just genuinely interested in supporting them since we both research the same material and they've been incredibly encouraging and helpful to me.



I know defenses are open to the public, but, in your opinion, would a student attending your defense add more stress or disrupt the process? I just want to make sure I'm not making anything more difficult for them or overstepping a boundary, even though they say they are totally okay with me attending.










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I'm an undergraduate student at a research one university. My former instructor and current research mentor is defending their dissertation soon. I asked if I could attend and they said they would be fine with it.



My primary interest in doing so is to see how the defense process works for when I attend graduate school. I am also just genuinely interested in supporting them since we both research the same material and they've been incredibly encouraging and helpful to me.



I know defenses are open to the public, but, in your opinion, would a student attending your defense add more stress or disrupt the process? I just want to make sure I'm not making anything more difficult for them or overstepping a boundary, even though they say they are totally okay with me attending.







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  • 3





    Welcome to Academia.SE. I changed "professor" --> "mentor" ... though undergrads in the US frequently refer to instructors as "their professor," I suspect the person in question is a graduate student and in fact not a professor.

    – cag51
    3 hours ago












  • How are you defining "professor"? It could be possible for them to be both, right? It's possible to get an academic position before you finish your PhD; I'm doing a Masters degree, one of my lecturers hasn't finished his PhD yet (though he does have 3.5 years of sessional teaching experience), and he's listed on the university website as "Associate Lecturer".

    – nick012000
    45 mins ago






  • 1





    @nick012000 In Europe (including the UK) you often only call full professors a professor. Others are a doctor or something regional and specific.

    – Vladimir F
    25 mins ago












  • 3





    Welcome to Academia.SE. I changed "professor" --> "mentor" ... though undergrads in the US frequently refer to instructors as "their professor," I suspect the person in question is a graduate student and in fact not a professor.

    – cag51
    3 hours ago












  • How are you defining "professor"? It could be possible for them to be both, right? It's possible to get an academic position before you finish your PhD; I'm doing a Masters degree, one of my lecturers hasn't finished his PhD yet (though he does have 3.5 years of sessional teaching experience), and he's listed on the university website as "Associate Lecturer".

    – nick012000
    45 mins ago






  • 1





    @nick012000 In Europe (including the UK) you often only call full professors a professor. Others are a doctor or something regional and specific.

    – Vladimir F
    25 mins ago







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Welcome to Academia.SE. I changed "professor" --> "mentor" ... though undergrads in the US frequently refer to instructors as "their professor," I suspect the person in question is a graduate student and in fact not a professor.

– cag51
3 hours ago






Welcome to Academia.SE. I changed "professor" --> "mentor" ... though undergrads in the US frequently refer to instructors as "their professor," I suspect the person in question is a graduate student and in fact not a professor.

– cag51
3 hours ago














How are you defining "professor"? It could be possible for them to be both, right? It's possible to get an academic position before you finish your PhD; I'm doing a Masters degree, one of my lecturers hasn't finished his PhD yet (though he does have 3.5 years of sessional teaching experience), and he's listed on the university website as "Associate Lecturer".

– nick012000
45 mins ago





How are you defining "professor"? It could be possible for them to be both, right? It's possible to get an academic position before you finish your PhD; I'm doing a Masters degree, one of my lecturers hasn't finished his PhD yet (though he does have 3.5 years of sessional teaching experience), and he's listed on the university website as "Associate Lecturer".

– nick012000
45 mins ago




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@nick012000 In Europe (including the UK) you often only call full professors a professor. Others are a doctor or something regional and specific.

– Vladimir F
25 mins ago





@nick012000 In Europe (including the UK) you often only call full professors a professor. Others are a doctor or something regional and specific.

– Vladimir F
25 mins ago










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It's fine. As you say, these are open to the public, and it's common for family members, department members, and friends to attend. Since you perhaps are not "firmly" in any of these categories, asking whether it's okay to attend is probably a good idea -- but you've already done this and been given the green light. Enjoy.






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    I would actually have been more offended if the student I was tutoring did not attend the defense.

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It's fine. As you say, these are open to the public, and it's common for family members, department members, and friends to attend. Since you perhaps are not "firmly" in any of these categories, asking whether it's okay to attend is probably a good idea -- but you've already done this and been given the green light. Enjoy.






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It's fine. As you say, these are open to the public, and it's common for family members, department members, and friends to attend. Since you perhaps are not "firmly" in any of these categories, asking whether it's okay to attend is probably a good idea -- but you've already done this and been given the green light. Enjoy.






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It's fine. As you say, these are open to the public, and it's common for family members, department members, and friends to attend. Since you perhaps are not "firmly" in any of these categories, asking whether it's okay to attend is probably a good idea -- but you've already done this and been given the green light. Enjoy.






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It's fine. As you say, these are open to the public, and it's common for family members, department members, and friends to attend. Since you perhaps are not "firmly" in any of these categories, asking whether it's okay to attend is probably a good idea -- but you've already done this and been given the green light. Enjoy.







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