Academic Writing Talk

As I've helped Masters and PhD students refine their NSF GRF applications, I've taken notes on what to do and not to do—learn more in this episode!

How can academics write up quotes in a sophisticated way? As I've worked with qualitative researchers and edited their manuscripts, I've thought quite a bit about this challenge!

You can "write around" a lot of research problems. However, other research problems can't be solved with writing! In this episode, I discuss three types of these problems: methodological rigor, previous literature, and lived experience.

How should academics write about gender and non-cisgender people? In this episode, I draw from Karen Yin’s notion of “conscious style” to offer helpful suggestions.

This week I talk about three distinct ways of thinking about your academic writing. Are you a head, heart, or gut writer?

In this episode I talk about the politics of "double dipping"—how academics can maximize their publications while respecting copyright and academic norms.

In this week's episode, I interview Dr. T. Philip (Phil) Nichols about how he researches infrastructure in education while always attending to questions of equity.

Headers and sub-headers help organize your manuscript to be more readable and compelling. In this episode, I discuss when and how to use them.

What is the conceptual article? In this episode, I discuss my favorite ignored type of article and how you can publish one.

You’ve probably heard the expression “fill a research gap.” Maybe your advisor told you to “fill a gap” when they reviewed your paper. But some academics—particularly those in the humanities—despise the “gap filling” way of writing. So what gives?

This week, I talk about my love of precise definitions and why they support good academic writing. You need them, trust me!

This week I interview Charisse L'Pree, author of "Diversity and Satire: Laughing at Processes of Marginalization" about her productive relationships with teaching, publishing, and public communication through podcasts.

Early career academics often get feedback that their writing it's "authoritative" enough. It's not an issue with their ideas, but how they're signaling that they know what they're talking about. In this episode, drawing from insights in the book "How to Fix your Academic Writing Trouble," I talk about how to signal that you're part of the Academic Writing Club!

Editing and coaching professionals like myself offer a range of services. What's the difference between them? In this podcast I talk about the differences so academic writers can make informed decisions based on their writing goals.

How are conferences useful for early-career academics? In this episode I’ll talk about why I thought conferences were useful as a graduate student—and what changed my mind.

Have you ever wondered how journal and conference reviewers evaluate manuscripts? In this episode, I'll tell you, and suggest which sections to improve to turn a "revise and resubmit" into an "accept"!

No writing topic evokes the anxiety of dissertation defenses! In this podcast I talk about what you can expect in your defense, and how to best prepare.

In this episode you’ll learn about the most common problem I see in manuscripts and how to fix it. Along the way, you’ll also discover what the convenience market AM/PM has to do with academic writing!