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PHD THESIS EXAMINATION COMPLETED

December 24, 2023
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The day was 31st August 2023 when I completed my thesis and submitted it to QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

On submission, my thesis was sent to two independent examiners who are experts in the field of HIV, Disability, and Qualitative Research. These examiners are kept anonymous to ensure a rigorous review and examination process.

Yesterday, 4th December at about 11:43 am, I got a pleasing email from my University that my examiners reports are back. My examiners recommended that I “PASSED WITH MINOR REVISIONS.” In addition, I was also nominated for the Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award (ODTA).

AAP’s notification of PhD award

Among other weighty comments, one of the examiners noted:

𝑢𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’” π’Šπ’” 𝒂 π’”π’•π’“π’π’π’ˆ 𝑷𝒉𝑫 π’•π’‰π’†π’”π’Šπ’” 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 π’”π’„π’‰π’π’π’‚π’“π’π’š π’†π’π’ˆπ’‚π’ˆπ’†π’Žπ’†π’π’• π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’Šπ’•π’†π’“π’‚π’•π’–π’“π’†, 𝒂 π’”π’π’π’Šπ’… π’–π’π’…π’†π’“π’”π’•π’‚π’π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒐𝒇 π’Žπ’†π’•π’‰π’π’…π’π’π’π’ˆπ’š, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’π’“π’Šπ’ˆπ’Šπ’π’‚π’π’Šπ’•π’š 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 π’‡π’Šπ’π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆπ’” 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’•π’‰π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰π’• π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’π’†π’˜ π’Œπ’π’π’˜π’π’†π’…π’ˆπ’†. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’•π’‰π’†π’”π’Šπ’” π’‘π’“π’π’—π’Šπ’…π’†π’” 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 π’‚π’“π’ˆπ’–π’Žπ’†π’π’•, 𝒂 π’”π’•π’“π’π’π’ˆ 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’„π’π’Žπ’‘π’π’†π’™π’Šπ’•π’Šπ’†π’” 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒂 π’„π’π’π’π’†π’„π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‚π’π’‚π’π’šπ’”π’Šπ’” 𝒐𝒇 π’˜π’‰π’Šπ’„π’‰ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’„π’‚π’π’…π’Šπ’…π’‚π’•π’† π’Šπ’” 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’•π’‰π’†π’Šπ’“ π’”π’•π’“π’‚π’•π’†π’ˆπ’Šπ’†π’” 𝒕𝒐 π’“π’†π’„π’“π’–π’Šπ’• 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒂 π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’Šπ’π’π’π’—π’‚π’•π’Šπ’—π’† π’˜π’‚π’šπ’” π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π‘ͺ𝑢𝑽𝑰𝑫-19 π’‘π’‚π’π’…π’†π’Žπ’Šπ’„ π’˜π’‰π’Šπ’π’† π’Žπ’‚π’Šπ’π’•π’‚π’Šπ’π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’“π’Šπ’ˆπ’π’–π’“ π’•π’‰π’“π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰π’π’–π’•.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’“π’†π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’—π’†π’π’š π’Žπ’Šπ’π’π’“ π’”π’–π’ˆπ’ˆπ’†π’”π’•π’†π’… π’“π’†π’—π’Šπ’”π’Šπ’π’π’” 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒅 π’Šπ’ π’•π’‰π’Šπ’” π’“π’†π’—π’Šπ’†π’˜ 𝒂𝒓𝒆 π’”π’•π’“π’π’π’ˆπ’π’š π’π’–π’•π’˜π’†π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’†π’… π’ƒπ’š 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒃 π’˜π’“π’Šπ’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ, π’Šπ’π’π’π’—π’‚π’•π’Šπ’—π’† π’”π’•π’–π’…π’š π’…π’†π’”π’Šπ’ˆπ’, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’”π’–π’ƒπ’”π’•π’‚π’π’•π’Šπ’—π’† π’„π’π’π’•π’“π’Šπ’ƒπ’–π’•π’Šπ’π’π’” 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉. 𝑢𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’’π’–π’‚π’π’Šπ’•π’š 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’•π’‰π’†π’”π’Šπ’” π’Šπ’” π’†π’™π’„π’†π’‘π’•π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’. 𝑰 π’“π’†π’„π’π’Žπ’Žπ’†π’π’… 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’•π’‰π’†π’”π’Šπ’” 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒅 π’Šπ’ π’‡π’–π’π’‡π’Šπ’π’π’Žπ’†π’π’• 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’“π’†π’’π’–π’Šπ’“π’†π’Žπ’†π’π’•π’” 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’…π’†π’ˆπ’“π’†π’† 𝒐𝒇 𝑫𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 π‘·π’‰π’Šπ’π’π’”π’π’‘π’‰π’š.

Excerpt of PhD thesis examiner 1 feedback
Excerpt of PhD thesis examiner 2 feedback

Next steps:

Make the minor revisions, submit my thesis finally, and wait for the award of my PhD. I am NOT yet Dr. AAP but it is looking promising that I will become one soon.

Sincere thanks to my supervisors, Dr. Julie Anne King, Dr. Jo Durham, and Prof. Amy Mullens

Massive thanks to my girls Squeezim, Zoe, and Zita. Without them, getting here would have been impossible.

#AAPTalks #CommunityDevelopmentWorker #HIVAndDisability #Aa2Zi

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