[Plsgs] FW: Dissertation Writing Workshops Spring 2020

[Lambert, Georgina M - (glambert)]

The Writing Skills Improvement Program (WSIP), the Think Tank, the Graduate and Professional Student Council, and the Graduate Center are pleased to announce the Spring 2020 ABD to PhD Dissertation Writing Workshop Series. The purpose of the series is to provide writing support for ABD students and discuss shared concerns about the dissertation process. Students can participate in person or online (in-person seats are reserved for dissertating students).

Please share the workshop schedule and the attached PDF with your dissertating students. If you have questions about the workshops, please email me at gradcenter at email.arizona.edu<mailto:gradcenter at email.arizona.edu?subject=ABD%20to%20PhD%20Question>.

In the meantime, we look forward to supporting your students!

Spring 2020 Schedule
All sessions are held in the Graduate Center, located at 1600 E 1st Street. It is the one-story pink building on the southeast corner of 1st Street and Cherry Avenue (click for map<https://www.google.com/maps/place/UA+Graduate+Center/@32.2345973,-110.9479393,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xab61c1343493f5d7?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiSv-jIsoXkAhWXCjQIHWj7BrEQ_BIwGXoECAoQCA>).

Wednesday, January 22, 4:30pm-6:30pm, Graduate Center, Room 4 and Zoom
Topic: Literature Review 2.0: Synthesizing Information

  *   Registration link: http://bit.ly/35rUsVr
  *   Description: In this workshop, we will discuss how to synthesize information gathered from secondary sources, including how and when to paraphrase and use direct quotations.

Wednesday, February 26, 4:30pm-6:30pm, Graduate Center, Room 4 and Zoom
Topic: Sentence Fluency

  *   Registration link: http://bit.ly/2LZDgPm
  *   Description: In this workshop, we will focus on issues that interfere with sentence-level fluency, including grammar patterns, transitions, and sentence structure.

Wednesday, March 25, 4:30pm-6:30pm, Graduate Center, Room 4 and Zoom
Topic: Writing In-depth Analysis to Support Your Research

  *   Registration link: http://bit.ly/2EqTltu
  *   Description: In this workshop, we will discuss how to write thoughtful and relevant interpretations of data and findings.

Sincerely,

Meg Lota Brown, Ph.D.

Faculty Director, Graduate Center
Graduate College
Professor of English

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