The Division of Graduate Studies, the Teaching Engagement Program (TEP), and the Center on Diversity & Community (CoDaC) are pleased to announce a training opportunity for graduate students: the Graduate Writing Program, a six-session professional development curriculum designed to provide advanced instruction and materials for graduate student writers.

Though writing is fundamental to the careers of most scholars, too few programs teach graduate students how to write in their respective disciplines. Meanwhile, the university offers few writing services specifically for graduate students and their writing needs. Given these facts, the value of this training for graduate students cannot be overstated.

The Graduate Writing Program is designed to improve the effectiveness of graduate student writers: to conceptualize their writing projects, create arguments, engage in deep revision, and strengthen their daily writing practices. Not only will this program outline essential principles to support graduate students in making the difficult transition from student writers to writers of academic scholarship, but we will also be exploring issues like procrastination and writer’s block, how to craft a writing plan, and the nuts and bolts of drafting, revision, and publication. In these workshops, CoDaC’s Writing Consultant, Mike Murashige, will be sharing tools and techniques for writers, most of which you will not find in “how to” books on academic writing.

We will also be concurrently running a “mirror” Graduate Writing Mentorship Program for faculty that follows the same general schedule. Graduate students are encouraged to apply along with their graduate advisers to develop a shared language and tools for writing.
 

The Curriculum

We will be offering six two-hour workshops over the course of the Winter and Spring Quarters on Friday afternoons:

Winter 2024

Topic: The Essentials of Scholarly Writing
Week 2
Friday, January 19, 4-6pm

Topic: How to Become a Scholarly Writer
Week 4
Friday, February 9, 4-6pm

Topic: Beginnings and Introductions
Week 7
Friday, March 1, 4-6pm

Spring 2024

Topic: Creating Arguments
Week 2
Friday, April 12, 4-6pm

Topic: Effective and Efficient Revision Strategies
Week 4
Friday, May 3, 4-6pm

Topic: From Paper to Article
Week 7
Friday, May 24, 4-6pm

******NOTE: In order to apply, students must commit to attending ALL trainings.******
 

Participants

We value a diversity of opinions, levels of experience, and disciplines. We encourage all interested graduate students to apply. From the application pool, we will be selecting 25 participants.
 

Schedule

All sessions will be held on Friday afternoons from 4-6 pm in Weeks 2, 4, and 7 and supplemented with individual consults with Mike. Barring any changes to current university policy, these workshops will all be in-person trainings with no online options.
 

Application

For more information and to apply, email Mike Murashige at mmurashi@uoregon.edu. We will be accepting applications starting on Friday, November 10 and the application period will end at 11 pm on Friday, December 1. All applicants will be notified by the following Friday, December 8.