How to write thesis acknowledgements

When in the trenches of thesis writing, the acknowledgements section is easy to overlook. Unlike other parts of a dissertation, acknowledgements are a ‘sort-of free-for-all … a place where students can express themselves in their own voices,’ as Jordan Mallon, a palaeobiologist at the Canadian Museum of Nature, puts it. Who you thank, how, and why are often yours to decide. But how exactly does one do that?