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Wednesday - 12:00 p.m.
MU 305

Dissertation Writing Workshop
Stacy Klein

 

The Writing Seminar is open to advanced graduate students who are at some stage of the dissertation. The goal of the seminar is to help students develop the conceptual tools for writing a first-rate dissertation as well as the practical skills for getting it done in a timely fashion. Participants are expected to write regularly and to share what they have written. We will discuss arguments, and how to put them together, as well as strategies for completing individual chapters while developing the broader arc of one’s project. The primary text for the course will be the writing produced by seminar members. Participants will be expected to provide thoughtful, constructive responses to the work of others. Weekly meetings are intended to provide support, guidance, and motivation for making sustained progress on the dissertation. Some of our meetings will be devoted to writing sessions via Zoom. Please come to the first class meeting with a brief (no more than 250 word) paragraph describing an issue or question that your project raises as well as some of the texts that you will use to address it.