How to Make a Cogent Argument
How and why should you argue in academic writing? Learn more from Dr. Alastair Bonnett, author of How to Argue.
Research Proposals: Writing Strategies and Ethical Considerations
This post includes tips about writing qualitative proposals excerpted from Research Design by Creswell and Creswell.
Calling, Change, and Your Research Career
Thinking about research careers and calling: finding the right fit.
Online abuse: What can researchers do?
Online harassment and abuse continue to grow. What do these behaviors mean for researchers and research communications? Watch this recorded webinar and find a trove of related resources in this post.
Writing for Journals: Editorials with Practical Suggestions
What do journal editors want? Read an open-access collection of editorials that offer practical suggestions about how to organize and write an article that will pass the review process and get published.
Use Research Cases to Teach Methods for Large-Scale Data Analysis
Use research cases as the basis for individual or team activities that build skills.
Peer Reviewing for Journals and the Co-Construction of Knowledge
Peer review is a social process involving the interactions of authors, reviewers and editors, each of whom make a different contribution to the production of knowledge. Learn more in this guest post from Dr. Dermot Breslin.
Academic Writing: From Global Authors to Global Readers
Safary Wa-Mbaleka, Arceli Rosario, and Anna Cohen Miller discussed opportunities and challenges for global researchers and academic writers in this roundtable discussion.
Organize Your Writing Projects
Celebrate Academic Writing Month 2023 by getting organized! Find open-access resources to help you avoid being distracted by details and lost files.
A Case for Teaching Methods
Find an 10-step process for using research cases to teach methods with learning activities for individual students, teams, or small groups. (Or use the approach yourself!)
Use AcWriMo to reconnect with your desire to write
Jo VanEvery believes that a writing practice based on the desire to write and enjoyment of the intellectual challenge will produce the outputs you are under pressure to produce. Learn how in this post!
Learning to be Original: In the Age of AI, Students Need to be Taught the Skills of Innovation
AI can do a lot of things but it cannot do originality. Learn more from Dr. Alastair Bonnett, author of How to Be Original.
Qualitative Research: From Design to Publication
Dr. Linda Bloomberg offers four presentations about qualitative research approaches at each stage of the process.
Qualitative Presentation Strategies
In this presentation, Dr. Linda Bloomberg explains how to think through key questions associated with presentation of qualitative findings, and walks through an example that demonstrates ways to align research designs with presentation strategies.
Managing and Writing the Doctoral Thesis or Dissertation
Dr. Linda Bloomberg offers detailed suggestions for getting organized and starting a dissertation or thesis.
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.
Philosophy of science and doctoral research design: The case of the Idea Puzzle software.
Learn how to design and defend your PhD research with the Idea Puzzle software from Ricardo Morais.
The Language of Academic Assessment
How will your writing be evaluated? Dr. Alex Baratta walks through some examples.