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The Graduate School

Authorship Statement

Students must develop an authorship statement in consultation with the advisory committee to be included after the List of Figures and Tables, and before the first body page of the document.

Authorship statements must include the following:

  • List of the chapters/sections/topics of the dissertation or thesis that result from collaborations and/or include contributions from other authors.
  • A description of the student’s role and the role of each contributor for each identified chapter/section/topic.
  • For an identified chapter/section/topic corresponding to a manuscript in the publication process: a full citation of the article, including its status at the time of final approval (i.e., submitted, in revision, accepted, published).
  • For work that is published at the time of dissertation/thesis submission: the necessary copyright authorizations for inclusion of previously published content.
  • If the dissertation contains no original contribution from others—aside from those captured through citations and/or acknowledgements: a statement that the student is the sole author of the dissertation/thesis.
  • A clear and thorough description of whether and how tools from Generative Artificial Intelligence were used, as per section 3.6.E of the Graduate School Handbook.