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Thursdays - 9:00 AM
MU 107
Article Writing Workshop
Open to 4th years and above. 3rd year students with a prior MA may enroll with advisor permission. Students may enroll in this workshop more than once and may take it concurrently with the dissertation workshop.
Open to PhD students in other Humanities departments (3rd/4th year and above) in consultation with the instructor and your program's DGS.
The Article Writing Workshop will guide you through the conceptual and practical steps of writing and submitting a paper to a peer-reviewed academic journal. Over the course of the semester, you will transform an existing seminar paper, conference presentation, or dissertation chapter into a polished, publishable manuscript, identify appropriate target journals, and complete a formal submission. Beyond the hands-on writing and editing, this course functions as an intellectual exploration of the broader academic publishing landscape. Together, we will dissect the nature and purpose of scholarly communication, evaluate what constitutes high-quality academic prose, and look behind the scenes at how editors make selection decisions and how the peer review system operates. Ultimately, this workshop provides a collaborative space to not only advance your personal writing goals but also investigate our shared identities and responsibilities as working scholars.
Required Texts:
Eric Hayot, The Elements of Academic Style
Wendy Belcher, Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks
Learning Goals:
This course is intended to help you:
-- Understand and engage in the process of developing writing intended for a peer-reviewed journal.
-- Comprehend the forms of scholarly writing and its purpose in relation to your professional goals.
-- Hone your research and writing skills.
-- Learn to give useful peer feedback and to better understand how to engage with feedback on your own work.
At the beginning of the semester, you will devise two specific goals of your own (for instance, “develop a daily writing practice,” “move away from the habit of long, unwieldy sentences,” etc.). We will check in on your progress toward these over the course of the semester.