Writing Workshops

This program is currently on hold as of January 2025. 

Graduate Writing Lab hosts workshops and information sessions to help you succeed in your writing goals. Unless otherwise noted, our events are hosted on Zoom and are free to attend. Read on for the schedule and topic descriptions as well as resources from our ABD to PhD Workshop Series and campus partners.

Schedule

Writing in Graduate School 

An overview of the types of writing graduate school requires and campus resources to help you succeed as a graduate writer. Two identical Zoom sessions are offered. 

Reading in Graduate School

Reading in graduate school is a new territory for all students. We will cover strategies for managing the amount and type of reading in graduate school. Two identical Zoom sessions are offered. 

Dissertation Forms & Formatting 

Wondering which forms to fill out and how to format your dissertation? We will walk you through what you need to know. Two identical Zoom sessions offered.

Everything Librarians Wish Graduate Students Knew About the Library

The University Libraries is home to a wealth of incredible resources to support your research and writing needs. Join us to learn what librarians wish all graduate students knew. 

Let's Review the Lit Review

We will review what a literature review is and is not. We will share tools and resources to help you focus your literature reviews and keep them under control.

WOOP! There It Is: Setting Effective Goals (& Pivoting when Everything Goes Wrong) 

Make progress on your writing, even when life interferes. In this session, you will learn an evidence-based approach for setting goals that actually stick.

ABD to PhD Writing Workshops

Writing professionals across campus have collaborated to create workshops that help ABD students at the beginning, middle, or end of the dissertation. Find materials in our shared folder online. Use your UArizona NetID and password to login.

  • Literature Review 1.0: Dissertation Edition: How to include literature reviews effectively in various dissertation formats.
  • Literature Review 2.0: Synthesizing Information: An overview of strategies for synthesizing information gathered from secondary sources, including how and when to paraphrase and use direct quotations.
  • Avoiding Wordiness in Academic Writing: Materials help writers identify and fix common causes of sentence-level wordiness.
  • Sentence Fluency: Learn how grammar patterns, transitions, sentence structure, and other components contribute to sentence-level fluency.
  • Effective Planning and Working with Faculty: Address common factors that affect the writing process, including communicating effectively with faculty, managing the dissertation process timeline, and maximizing campus resources for graduate students.
  • Writing In-depth Analysis to Support Your Research: An overview of how to write thoughtful and relevant interpretations of data and findings.

The ABD to PhD Writing Workshops are made possible by:

Writing Workshops Offered Through Other Campus Units

Check out the workshops offered by the following units on campus:

  • Writing Skills Improvement Program weekly writing workshops on a variety of topics
  • Research, Innovation & Impact Responsible Conduct of Research Program Workshops