Dear Norman et al. - Well I just finished and filed a Ph.D. with exactly this research topic. Short of sending your student my final draft (!) I'm not too sure how I could be immediately helpful. I too found the "discipline" issue in the end not very satisfying. Not very many people can agree on what discipline is - I prefer Stephen Turner's self-reproducing cartels but others can't agree on that. For a good reading on the academic disciplines from a ethnographic/ sociological perspective, I would rely on Becher & Trowler (2001) Academic tribes & territories. Open University Press. For my work, see my webpage, google "Denise Rall" Cheers, Denise Denise N. Rall, Ph.D. submitted, School of Environ. Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Tuesdays: Room T2.12, +61 (0)2 6620 3577 or Mobile 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/rsm/staff/pages/drall/index.html Virtual member, Cybermetrics Group, University of Wolverhampton, UK http://cybermetrics.wlv.ac.uk/index.html