I'm currently reading a #PhD thesis that refers to cited authors by first name only (Paul, Carolyn, Roy, etc.).

Is this a 'thing'? A citing convention?

The thesis is about #NarrativeEnquiry and #CriticalRealism

I rather like it. I feel like I am being told a story (all the evidence base is there, the argument holds, and cited authors are reified to the status of embodied people).