Workshops & Faculty Development Opportunities
As part of our mission to cultivate and advance collaborative research and build intellectual community throughout the region, we offer a variety of workshops throughout the year.
Newly-scheduled programs are advertised on our event calendar and via our listserv and usually require advance registration.
2024-25 Workshops
Peer Review Strategies: How to Give (and Receive) Feedback
- Friday, Dec. 13, 2024 from 10:30am-12pm on Zoom
- Peer review is foundational to our profession as scholars. But does anyone ever teach us how to provide effective peer review to our colleagues? And how do we interpret the mixed bag of peer review feedback that we sometimes receive on our book manuscripts, journal articles, and funding proposals? Join us for a discussion with Janet Salmons, PhD on how to give and receive peer review feedback. More info
Getting Your Book Published, a Roundtable
- Friday, February 7, 2025 from 10am-12pm on Zoom
- A panel of academic press editors will demystify the process behind getting your academic book published. More info
Examples of previous workshops include:
- Every Summer Needs a Plan
- NEH Grant-Writing Workshop
- Open Access Publishing
- Land a Publisher for Your Scholarly Book
- Write an Outstanding Book Proposal
- Find Your Purpose, Reconnect with Your Writing
- Tools for Tackling the Imposter Syndrome
- Writing, Procrastination, and Resistance: How to Identify your Writing Blocks and Move Through Them
- Demystifying NEH Grants and Programs
- Unstuck: How to Move Past your Writing Barriers
- Building a Publishing Pipeline: Concrete Strategies for Increasing your Writing Productivity
- Come As You Are writing workshop