A few years ago, when I was a graduate student in English, I presented a paper at my department’s American Literature Colloquium. (A colloquium is a sort of writing workshop for graduate students.) ...

Good academic writing takes time and effort and is crucial to all research degrees. Writing can be challenging, but there is a lot of support available. Can't concentrate? Struggling to get motivated?

What Kind of Writer Are You? The Writing Program's First-Year Writing Seminar Selection process empowers first-year students to select the Academic Inquiry Semina r (AIQS) that best suits their needs ...

How do appointments at the Writing Center work? We offer one-on-one tutoring sessions with experienced academic professionals; meetings can range anywhere from a few minutes to an hour. They generally ...

There’s been much discussion about the needless complexity of academic writing. In a widely read article in The Chronicle of Higher Education last year, Steven Pinker, professor of psychology at ...