Faculty members are invited to participate in a faculty writing group meeting approximately once a month over the spring semester. The first meeting will be 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 1. The writing group will be co-facilitated by En Li (History) and Nate Holdren (LPS). Our goals will be to help ourselves make progress on our scholarship during the semester, and do so more efficiently and enjoyably. In our meetings, we will discuss our goals, plans, and progress on our writing, share how we organize our writing time, and discuss challenges in our writing. Depending on participant interest, we will workshop each other’s work and write on site. We will also read a book on academic writing such as Joli Jensen’s Write No Matter What or Robert Boice’s Professor as Writers and discuss it to the degree that participants find it useful. 

There are spots for 10 faculty participants. We are especially interested in faculty working on writing book proposals and manuscripts for first books. Should space become limited, priority shall be given to 1) those who participated in previous faculty writing groups we have facilitated, 2) tenure-track faculty, and 3) faculty who are members of under-represented groups. 

This writing group is supported by a Faculty Enrichment Grant from the Provost’s Office. Faculty who attend all sessions will receive a small stipend of approximately $150. People who can only attend some of the sessions are encouraged to participate if doing so helps their writing.

If you are interested in participating, please contact Kayla Jenkins (kayla.jenkins@drake.edu) by Monday, Dec. 17. 

If you have questions, please contact En Li (en.li@drake.edu) and Nate Holdren (nate.holdren@drake.edu). 

—En Li, History Department