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Big Plans for the Summer?
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Summer is here, and you may have some big plans for your scholarship and creative work. We hope we can help you along the way through our summer writing groups, retreats, resources, writing consultants, one-on-one coaching and consultations, and a book proposal group. Keep reading to learn more, and be sure to scroll all the way down to see what question Andrew is wrestling with in his blog this month.
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Also, if you missed copyright expert Brandon Butler's session on author's rights earlier this month, you can view it here, and a corresponding tipsheet on contracts and publishing is available here.
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Join the NCFDD virtually for Building a Publishing Pipeline: Concrete Strategies for Increasing Your Writing Productivity on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. In this interactive session, faculty will identify the importance of a daily writing practice, discuss ways to use a tracking system to analyze where to focus scholarly efforts, and establish an action plan for moving multiple projects forward simultaneously. Sign up here.
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A writing group can provide structure, companionship, and support as you embark upon the sometimes enjoyable, sometimes frustrating job of engaging in your summer scholarly work. Several recent studies demonstrate that working in a writing group can increase your productivity and general well-being as a writer.
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Special this summer! We will also offer a writing group for those of you looking to connect with other colleagues preparing a dossier for promotion to full professor. If you’d like to join this group, please indicate your interest on the registration form. (Please note that the Faculty Hub is only providing organizational support for this group.)
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To learn more about options for writing groups, please visit our registration page. We ask that you register by May 31 if you’d like to be a part of a group. The registration form will allow you to indicate which type of group is of most interest to you.
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We invite you to come write in community with colleagues at a Faculty Hub day-long writing retreat at any point this summer. Our loosely structured events create a supportive writing environment where you can make progress on your writing goals. Lunch and snacks are available to our writers.
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This summer, we’ll have retreats on the following dates: Tuesday, June 4; Thursday, June 20; Friday, June 21; Thursday, July 18; Wednesday, July 31; Thursday, August 8, and Tuesday, August 13 . You can register for a retreat using our Events Page.
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If you can't make one of those dates or if you’re looking to have your own writing getaway, the Faculty Hub is open all summer. You can reserve a room through EMS or drop by and use one of our open workspaces. This webpage can walk you through the options. We hope to see you around!
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Academic Writing Consultants
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Academic writing consultation is a professional development service that allows faculty to work with an expert on writing projects such as major articles, book proposals, book chapters, external grants, and external fellowships. Consulting is also available for faculty whose research involves writing scripts to conduct analysis and create visualizations. Feedback and guidance from writing coaches could be useful at the early stages of a project, at key moments in the writing process, and before submitting drafts for peer review. For more information and to sign up, please visit the Writing Consultant Interest Form.
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Are you working on a book proposal this summer? Join the club! Together, we’ll read Laura Portwood-Stacer’s The Book Proposal Book and help each other through the process of getting a proposal out the door and into the hands of a future editor. Participants will receive a free copy of the book, and meeting times will be determined by group members. You can sign up to be a part of the club through the Book Proposal Club registration page.
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The Faculty Hub offers one-on-one coaching sessions with Kitty Maynard, who is completing the accreditation process for the International Coaching Federation (ICF). In general, ICF coaching, which exists in diverse professional settings, uses powerful questions and active listening to help people define and prioritize what matters most to them. Coaching sessions can be helpful when you’re looking for clarity around a career or work issue, seeking to identify your priorities and steps to pursue those priorities (for example, before a sabbatical or a summer break or during a major project), navigating and preparing for leadership roles, working through your writing process, or hoping to create a balanced workflow that fits in with your life. Learn more and sign up here.
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Alternatives to Traditional Essays
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There is much value in the traditional essay, but it’s not always the only, or even the best way to accomplish our teaching goals. Recently, instructors have been experimenting with a wide range of alternatives to the take-home essay, a process that the advent of generative AI has only accelerated. Derek Bruff, author of Intentional Tech, offers some alternatives on UVA's Teaching Hub page.
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The Faculty Hub also provides University of Richmond faculty with personalized support for teaching and scholarship through confidential, individual, or small group consultations. In these individualized consultations, we can help you reflect on your pedagogical practices, match your goals for teaching and scholarship with appropriate methods, tools, and technologies, experiment with new ways to make your teaching more effective for all learners, and provide expert guidance and support for you as you incorporate new digital technologies into your pedagogy and scholarship. Sign up for a consultation here.
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From OK to Great: Developing Human Ideas with AI in Mind
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How do we help build effective idea generation processes for our students that integrate both their humanity and the thoughtful utilization of algorithms? That’s the question Andrew wrestles with this month on his blog, Digital Toolbox.
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We are always looking for new and exciting projects and collaborations. Feel free to contact us.
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