I’m Sam Chesters and I’m here to give your dissertation the anarchy advantage.

I spent seven years earning my Masters degree and PhD in English. I was the first person in my family to go to grad school and I had to learn a lot of the fly. I called it doing my PhD on “beast mode.”

I made it through seminar papers and conferences presentations and comprehensive exams, but the most sustained challenge of my degree was planning and writing my dissertation.

I was diligent as hell, wrote 241 pages in 13 months. Two hours a day, five days a week. And that worked for me.

But it might not work for you.

I’ve known friends who circled for years because they had no idea what a dissertation was supposed to look like or how to even begin writing one.

Friends who hit creative blocks and administrative hurdles as they raced against the clock to finish before their candidacy ran out.

Friends who overthought every detail and overworked themselves to the point of exhaustion with not much to show.

And I don’t want any of that for you.

In seven years, I learned a lot about the academy. It can be an unparalleled intellectual challenge, but the writing it produces can be dry, opaque, and deeply flawed. It’s exhausting and dull and headache-inducing. And I truly believe that it doesn’t matter how groundbreaking and innovative your ideas are if nobody can understand what you are saying.

So I’m here to help you break the mold, to introduce passion and voice and punk rock energy into your writing. Your dissertation should be a reflection of you. Your personality should shine through with every sentence.

Drop me a line, and let’s make your dissertation scream.