New Faculty Orientation 2016

Dr. J. Michael Rifenburg / @jmrifenburg

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.

Getting words on the screen comes down to these two actions

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.

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.

WriteIN

under Center for Teaching, Learning, and Leadership

multifaceted faculty development program

designed to

increase scholarly writing productivity

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

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

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.