Scholarly Writing 

Productivity




New Faculty Orientation 2016
Dr. J. Michael Rifenburg / @jmrifenburg

A need


Among faculty at 4-year schools....

28% have not published in past 2 years

13% spend 0 hours a week on writing & scholarship

43% spend 4 hours or fewer

--from Hurtado, et al. The Undergraduate Teaching Faculty: The 2010-2011 Higher Education Research Institute Faculty Survey.

STRUCTURE & Accountability





Getting words on the screen comes down to these two actions

Structure

Making a schedule

Setting clear goals

Keeping track of your work

Rewarding yourself


--from How to Write A Lot: A Practical Guide to Academic Writing.  Paul Silva, 2007.

Structure


30 minutes a day

4.5 days a week

=

180  pages of revised writing annually

--from Dr. Tara Gray, 
Director of Teaching Academy, New Mexico St.

Title

Accountability

Writing Groups

meeting weekly
sharing drafts
writing together
collective Google Drive for tracking progress


WriteIN

Write@UNG

Connect   Cultivate   Create

under Center for Teaching, Learning, and Leadership


multifaceted faculty development program
designed to
increase scholarly writing productivity

Upcoming schedule

Fall 2016

·  

    Writing Productivity: Monday, September 12

·   Co-Authoring: Monday, October 10

·   Finding a Journal Article in your Current Writing, Teaching, and   Service: Monday, November 14



Upcoming Schedule


Spring 2017

·    Copyright for Authors  Monday, January 30

·    Writing as Revision/Revision as Writing: Monday, February 13

·    Building Writing Groups for Productivity: Wednesday, April           26


More references

Belcher, W.L. (2009). Writing your journal article in 12 weeks.

Boice, R. (1990). Professors as writers: A self-help guide to productive writing.

Germano, W. (2005). From dissertation to book.

Germano, W. (2012). Getting it published.

Hayot, W. (2014). The elements of academic style.




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