Writing Workshops

Fall 2023 Workshops

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.

  • Tuesday, August 29 from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM. Please register to receive the Zoom link.
  • Wednesday, September 6 from 2 PM to 3 PM. Please register to receive the Zoom link.

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.

  • Tuesday, September 26 from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM. Please register to receive the Zoom link.
  • Wednesday, September 27 from 2 PM to 3 PM. Please register to receive the Zoom link.

Dissertation Forms and Formatting

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

  • Wednesday, September 6 from 9 AM to 10 AM. Please register to receive the Zoom link.
  • Tuesday, November 14 from 2 PM to 3 PM. Please register to receive the Zoom link.

Everything Librarians Wish Dissertating Students Knew about the Library

Librarians want to share all their incredible resources. No secrets here as we learn what librarians wish all graduate students knew.

  • Wednesday, September 13 from 9 AM to 10 AM. Please register to receive the Zoom link.

Everything Librarians Wish First-Year Students Knew about the Library

Librarians want to share all their incredible resources. No secrets here as we learn what librarians wish all graduate students knew.

  • Wednesday, October 11 from 9 AM to 10 AM. Please register to receive the Zoom link.

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