What are three of the published reference works you will be using for your thesis background literature? Posting it - may help determine the level of participation and the quality of that person's background.

Some here are full opinions - but have the credibility of a painted bird plucking strings in a hen house. Other's could pave the rest of your academic career with a golden bough.

Name of your supervisor professor at Tufts?

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