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.
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.