Graduate Student Writing Center Services

One-on-One Consultations

One-on-one consultations are helpful at any point in the writing process. From brainstorming to polishing for submission, our consultants are trained to help students prepare, develop, and present their work. Students can meet with a consultant to discuss projects ranging from seminar papers to poster presentations. Our consultants are prepared to work with students across disciplines on a variety of projects.

Asynchronous Consultations

Asynchronous writing appointments allow you to receive feedback on your paper without meeting directly with a consultant. Simply attach your document, and you'll receive it back with comments and suggestions by the end of the day. This appointment type is perfect if you're short on time but still want to receive feedback without a one-on-one meeting.

Time Management & Creating a Productivity System Workshop

The dynamics of a graduate school workload are unique, and it is often a challenge to integrate academic demands into the rest of your life. This workshop provides tools to help you thrive in graduate school by offering time management techniques to increase efficiency, plan effectively, and achieve work-life balance. It also touches on reading and note-taking strategies to help manage your class workload as productively and painlessly as possible.

Introduction to Graduate Research Papers Workshop

Whether you are coming directly out of an undergraduate program, or are transitioning into graduate studies after time away, it can be unclear what distinguishes “graduate-level writing” from assignments you may already be familiar with. This workshop outlines general expectations for graduate-level research-writing and introduces several tools and resources to use at various stages of your work.

Creating Writing Plans Workshop

With the added demands of graduate school, such as multiple simultaneous writing assignments in numerous courses, theses, qualifying exams, and dissertations, prewriting strategies can make a huge difference in developing sustainable writing practices. In this webinar, you will learn how creating a writing plan can help you tackle longer projects one step at a time, allowing you more time and attention for each part. We will discuss how this can be applied during coursework as well as during the more independent post-coursework phases.

The APA Paper Workshop

This webinar will provide an overview of writing papers using the APA (American Psychological Association) citation style, which is commonly used across disciplines such as social science, psychology, economics, business, and education. We will look at examples and provide tips for using APA to correctly format your paper, including overall structure, in-text citations, and bibliographies. The webinar will also provide additional resources to help you find the information you need for any future formatting or citation questions regarding APA. We will be using the most recent manual update, APA 7 (October 2019).

Writing Effective Thesis Statements

This webinar will address the dos and don’ts of creating an effective thesis statement for research papers and other writing projects. It includes introductions to and brief exercises on thesis writing, including brainstorming, refining your approach, elements to include, and pitfalls to avoid. Whether you’re new to graduate school or writing a dissertation, this webinar will offer tips and suggestions for honing your thesis-writing technique.

Dissertation Proposals in the Humanities Workshop

You’ve finished your course work and passed qualifying exams – now what? This workshop will provide an overview of writing dissertation proposals in the Humanities. It will offer guidelines on the structure and essential sections of the proposal, such as questions to be addressed, methodology, and chapter overviews. The workshop will also provide insight on integrating your qualifying exam into the proposal, as well as serving as a forum for questions on the dissertation proposal process.

Weekly Writing Bootcamps

Our weekly bootcamps are two hours of structured writing blocks that feature a group conversation on the writing process. The main goals of bootcamps are to provide community space, increase productivity, and develop sustainable habits that participants can utilize after the event.