Theses & Dissertations: Vita
The vita cannot be more than one page. A vita is a biographical narrative about you with personal, academic, and professional information about you as appropriate.
Remember your thesis/dissertation is available to the public and includes the text on this page.
- Type VITA (all caps option) or Vita (title case option) on the top line. Be sure to label this title as a section heading to format it properly; see Content/Chapters for more information about headings.
- On the next line, begin your vita.
- The vita should be in the third person pronoun.
- The paper will be published after your degree is conferred, so list the degree associated with your thesis/dissertation as if it has already been awarded.
- Verify your degree and program/concentration. They should match the information listed in Degree Works. You cannot include a concentration on the Title or Abstract pages, but you can include it here.
- Include your graduation date (use only December, May, or August for degree conferral months).
