An interview with NSU visiting professor Dr. Darius Cureton about the defense of his dissertation about technology adoption at HBCUs (historically Black colleges and universities) and the strategies he used for navigating the dissertation writing process. NOTE: This episode was thought lost because it was saved on a laptop that became inaccessible to us. But the file has been recently recovered, and the insights and advice about dissertating are still relevant long after the initial recording, so please enjoy.