If AI wrote your article, what would you lose? Some thoughts on wellbeing and writing
Connect or reconnect to the joy of writing with these tips from Dr. Katherine Firth.
The Link between Critical Reading, Thinking and Writing
How can critical thinking skills help you write more precisely? In this post Dr. Alex Baratta offers some practical tips.
Writing The Ethnography Quartet
Between 2015 and 2022 Paul Atkinson produced four books about ethnography. How and why did that happen, and what did he want to achieve? Learn about this quartet of books.
Equity-Focused Research Dissemination Planning
Applying an equity focused lens specifically to reporting and dissemination necessitates a careful and deliberate approach. Learn more in this post!
Disseminating Research with an Equity-Focused Lens
Learn about disseminating research with an equity lens in this guest post from the CTE Research Network Equity Working Group.
Academic Writing with Pen in Hand
Sometimes taking a break from the keyboard to write by hand unleashes creativity.
Finding gems in limited data: How we went from “ungeneralizable” to valuable findings
How do you find gems in a research project when the data is too thin for generalizations? In this post researchers discuss creative ways to learn from (and write about) the experience.
Academic Writing in Different Disciplines
This post from Dr. Alex Baratta explains different approaches to academic writing and offers practical guidance.
Researchers collaborate to be PREPARED for the next global crisis
Given the difficulties that emerged with the global Covid pandemic, the European Commission funded the PREPARED project. The aim of the project is to develop an ethics and integrity framework to guide researchers working to prevent and address large-scale crises. Find meeting reports, recordings, and related posts.
Become a Productive Academic Writer
Get ready for #AcWriMo! Find a checklist that will help you overcome obstacles that keep you from making progress with academic writing.
Write Reflectively: Reflective Development
Writing is often a solitary activity. However, reflection with others is a key part of understanding how to develop and define ideas from text. Learn more in this post.
AcWriMo 2023: More than a Month!
In 2023 academic writers have more than the usual number of issues to contend with, so we will tackle writing, presenting, and disseminating research for three months! From October through December, find posts, interviews, curated collections of open-access resources, and webinars!
Interview: Speech in the Machine: Generative AI’s Implications for Free Expression
The report from PEN America, Speech in the Machine: Generative AI’s Implications for Free Expression, connects dots that are important to academic writers: intellectual freedom, and protection of intellectual property. Summer Lopez, PEN’s Chief Program Officer for Free Expression agreed to talk about these issues and controversies.
Interview: Who Is Going to Make Money from Artificial Intelligence in Scholarly Communications?
This must-read article in The Scholarly Kitchen caught my attention: “Who Is Going to Make Money from Artificial Intelligence in Scholarly Communications?” See this thought-provoking interview with the author, Joseph Esposito.
Norman Denzin, 1941-2023: The Father Of Qualitative Research
Learn about the father of qualitative research, who passed away recently.
Teaching Approaches to Visualizing Data
Find open-access instructional materials from the course: Data Visualisation in Political Psychology at The University of Sheffield.
Collaborative feminist research methods in practice
The goals for this collaborative feminist research project were to bring together scholars who had critical methodological lenses, focusing our study through a collaborative feminist methodological lens to explore and address gender-based inequities in higher education institutions. Find the open-access book and toolkit the co-authors created.
Author Interview with Dr. Callie Rennison
Dr. Rennison won two awards for her innovative books. Hear about how she creates research impact.