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TAA's
Academic Authoring Workshops are a series of workshops designed
to assist academic authors to jumpstart their writing, get
their writing published, create camera-ready copy and write
effective grant proposals.
Sponsored
by TAA, a nonprofit 501c(3) membership association, these
workshops help fulfill TAA's mission of assisting authors
at all stages of their career development.
What
will a TAA workshop cost my institution?
TAA covers
the cost of the presenters' domestic travel expenses (including
air, ground transportation, lodging, food, etc.). The host
institution pays the speaker's fee. The speaker's fee depends
on the length of time, the content and the number of participants
of each workshop. Contact TAA for more information about
speaker fees: Call (727) 563-0020 or email TEXT@tampabay.rr.com
Workshop
Info:
NEW!
Destination Dissertation: Practical
Strategies for Writing the Thesis or Dissertation; Sharing
Results: Crafting an Article; Individual Coaching to Facilitate
Writing Progress
presented by Dr. Sonja Foss and Dr. William Waters (bios)
Writing
Grant Proposals
presented by Kenneth Henson (bio)
Publish
and Flourish: Become a Prolific Scholar
presented by Tara Gray (bio)
Academic
Publishing Workshop
presented by Dr. Robert Ginsberg (bio)
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Destination
Dissertation: Practical Strategies for Writing the Thesis or Dissertation

Drs.
William Waters and Sonja Foss |
Designed
for master's and doctoral students, this workshop, by Dr. Sonja
Foss, a professor in the Department of Communication at the University
of Colorado, and Dr. William Waters, coordinator of composition,
director of the Writing Center, and an assistant professor in
the English Department at Northwest Missouri State University,
facilitates your progress on the journey that is the dissertation
or thesis. In the workshop, writing a dissertation or thesis is
presented as taking a tripyou are on vacation from normal
routine for a fixed amount of time, you discover exciting things
and develop new skills, and you know you'll be able to deal with
whatever comes your way. The workshop focuses on those places
where you tend to get delayed on your dissertation or thesis journey
and provides practical and concrete processes for managing potential
difficulties with ease. The topics covered in the workshop include:
- Preparing
to go: Conceptualizing the dissertation as a trip and learning
what qualities to pack to make the journey a more efficient
and enjoyable one
- Planning
the trip: Discovering the topic through a conceptual conversation
that leads to the development of a pre-proposal
- Advice
from other travelers: Learning how to manage all that literature
and develop a conceptual schema for the literature review through
efficient coding and categorizing
- Things
to see and do: Coding data efficiently and developing an
original and sophisticated explanatory schema from the data
- Useful
phrases: Using fast writing and slow revising to make the
writing and editing processes efficient and effective
- Avoiding
delays and annoyances: Avoiding the incomplete-scholar roles
that prevent progress on the thesis or dissertationroles
such as the housekeeper, model employee, patient, and proxy
critic
The workshop
can be either two or three hours long; the longer workshop allows
for more of the topics to be covered.
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Dr.
Foss and Dr. Waters are also the co-directors of Scholars'
Retreat, annual weekly retreats that provide intensive,
focused, and supervised writing time for dissertations,
theses, and other writing projects.
Scholars'
Retreat Web Site
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Other
workshops offered by Foss and Waters:
Sharing
Results: Crafting an Article
A workshop
for professors who want to learn strategies for effectively crafting
articles. This workshop provides you with an understanding of
concrete, practical steps that produce a high-quality article
efficiently. Both new and seasoned scholars will benefit from
the innovative strategies presented. The topics covered in the
workshop include:
- Conceptualizing
a project
- Locating
possible journals to target
- Analyzing
and "measuring" a target journal
- Coding
literature and developing a conceptual schema for the literature
review
- Coding
data and developing an original schema or theory
- Fast writing
and slow revising
- Writing
collaboratively
- Common
errors to avoid
- Revising
and resubmitting
- Enacting
the scholar role instead of incomplete-scholar roles
The workshop
can be either two or three hours long. The longer workshop allows
for more of the topics to be covered.
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Individual
Coaching to Facilitate Writing Progress
Individual
coaching sessions offer you the opportunity for personalized,
individual time with two highly effective scholars and coaches.
In individual conferences, Dr. Foss and Dr. Waters work individually
with graduate students or faculty members to facilitate your progress
on your writing project. These sessions take the form of intensive
conversations about your project in which you will feel both supported
and challenged as you talk through whatever aspect of your thesis,
dissertation, book, or article is preventing you from completing
your project. Participants discover that our friendly and supportive
questions lead to profound insights that transfer into realistic
expectations, clear goals, and useful strategies. The coaching
sessions help you solve whatever your particular problem is, but
typical topics that are covered in the coaching sessions are:
- Conceptualizing
a project
- Assessing
a project to be sure you have a doable research design
- Coding
literature so you can manage massive amounts of literature efficiently
- Developing
an original and sophisticated theory from your data
- Overcoming
writing blocks
- Managing
your time effectively
- Developing
strategies for writing regularly
Foss and
Waters also offer one or multiple days of coaching sessions to
faculty or graduate students. The individual sessions can be 60,
90, or 120 minutes each.
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Here's
what participants had to say after learning the strategies offered
in workshops by Dr. Foss and Dr. Waters:
"I
found their presentation to be extremely useful and relevant.
I wish we had more time with them."
"Their
techniques and approaches to mounds of data are what people
need to know before they waste years trying to figure out how
to cope!"
"I have
renewed energy about my work and better focus on how I can go
about getting my work done."
"I appreciated
being around their warmth, energy, and optimism."
"Their
writing strategies are simple but extremely effective. This
workshop helped transform me from a panicked, unfocused ABD
to a relieved and proud Ph.D."
"A fantastically
wonderful workshop"
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Writing
Grant Proposals

Kenneth
Henson |
Learn how
to get inside grant proposal evaluators' heads from an experienced
grant writer who has written a string of grants ranging from a
few hundred dollars to more than a million dollars each. Kenneth
Henson's "Writing Grant Proposals" workshop is designed for beginning
writers and writers who have had a few proposals accepted and
wish to get ideas for new topics and develop skills needed to
increase the acceptance rate of their future proposals. Unlike
the many workshops that just talk about grant writing, this workshop
is all nuts and bolts: do this and expect these results.
This one-day,
six-hour workshop by The Citadel's Distinguished Professor of
Education, and author of Grant Writing in Higher Education: A
Step-by-Step Guide, is packed with practical suggestions and tips
that can increase your acceptance rate. Discover how to give your
proposals that spark that makes them irresistible. Develop an
effective, bottom-line writing style from the author of over 300
national publications, including over thirty professional books,
four on writing for publications.
You will
examine successful proposals and will be shown the specific qualities
that made these proposals more attractive than the competition's.
You will also learn how to:
- Design a budget that evaluators will perceive as honest and
fair.
- Give your proposals the same test that evaluators use to rank
proposals. One single tip will help you avoid the one mistake
that causes the most rejections.
- Identify your own unique circumstances and use these to strengthen
your proposals.
- Turn limitations into strengths.
Bring
your ideas for proposals to the workshop and receive suggestions
for writing a new proposal or strengthening an existing proposal.
Each workshop participant will receive a free copy of Henson's Grant
Writing in Higher Education, courtesy of TAA.
This workshop
is offered by Kenneth Henson (bio).
Here's
what participants had to say after attending a recent workshop
by Ken Henson:
"I could
listen to him for days. Very helpful. Information was evidence-based
and very well presented. Lots of good information and advice
that helps me know how to get my work published and how to write."
"Strong
and passionate delivery. I learned both what to do and not to
do when writing for publication."
"This was
an excellent workshop. Very engaging and useful examples."
"Excellent.
A fountain of information! I got real information that can be
applied immediately. I was encouraged to get beyond my block
and start writing."
"Excellent!
An authority on publication of articles in journals. A great
presenter! This workshop is a must for all professors involved
in publishing."
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Publish
and Flourish:
Become a Prolific Scholar

Tara
Gray |
This workshop,
the first in TAA's Academic Authoring Workshop series, helps authors
become more prolific.
The myth
persists that prolific scholars are born not made, but research
suggests otherwise. Much is known about how to become prolific,
and participants in Tara Gray's "Publish & Flourish: Become
A Prolific Scholar" workshop will learn about several of them,
including:
- Write daily for 15-30 minutes
- Post your
thesis on the wall and write to it
- Write from
the first day of your research project
- Organize
around key sentences
- Use key
sentences as an after-the fact outline
- Solicit
the right feedback from the right colleagues
- Make effective
use of feedback
Participants
will apply these steps to one of their own manuscripts that they
bring to the workshop.
A workshop
day includes one five- or four-hour workshop or two three- or
two-hour workshops.
This workshop
is offered by Tara Gray (bio).
What previous
participants have said about Gray's workshop:
"I tried
these steps on a paper I had been trying to put together for
five years. Four weeks later the paper is out for review."
"You ignited
a passion and a fire under me. Ever since your workshop, I have
been working furiously."
"Your openness
about your own struggles as a writer and how you solicit and
use response is absolutely inspiring."
"The best
workshop I have attended in 24 years of university teaching.
It will result in measurable and real-world change."
"In all
honesty, you probably have provided me with all the tools I
need to get tenure and even a full professorship."
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Academic
Publishing Workshop

Dr.
Robert Ginsberg |
This workshop,
the second in TAA's Academic Authoring Workshop Series, is led
by distinguished scholar and editor Dr. Robert Ginsberg.
"Academic
Publishing Workshop" will expand the understanding of faculty
members about their opportunities and challenges, their rights
and responsibilities, as they engage in publishing. The Workshop
format includes hands-on participation, show-and-tell activity,
behind- the-scenes reporting, round-table editing, and Q&A
sessions.
Host institutions
can customize their Workshop by choosing between eight different
sessions, each lasting two hours. A full day Workshop consists
of two sessions, a Workshop of a day and a half consists of three
sessions and a two-day workshop consists of four sessions.
The eight
sessions available for Dr. Ginsberg's Workshop are:
1. WHY SHOULD YOU PUBLISH? Frank assessment of the
academic imperative, "Publish or Perish." Publishing as an extended
form of teaching. Publishing as the pursuit of research. Publishing
as a contribution to an academic discipline. Publishing as the
continued development of a faculty member.
2. HOW TO GET YOUR SCHOLARLY BOOK PUBLISHED. Preparing
the book. Anatomy of a book: Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction,
Chapters, Illustrations, Notes, Bibliography, Appendix, Index.
Identifying the book's audience and contribution. Searching
for the needle of a publisher in the haystack of publishing.
Studying the contract. Text-Editing. Copy-editing. Proofreading.
Marketing.
3. HOW TO BECOME PUBLISHED BY SCHOLARLY JOURNALS: CONFESSIONS
OF AN EDITOR. The special function of periodicals in the
academic world. Finding journals appropriate for your work.
The formats of journal publishing: articles, reports, book reviews,
letters, special issues. The discipline of writing for periodicals:
house style, revision, length limits, deadlines, final copy,
abstract, offprints.
4. WRITING AS COMMUNICATION: HOW TO CUT THE CRAP OF ACADEMIC
STYLE. The principles of good style: clarity, simplicity,
directness. Recognizing bad style in the writing of others.
Recognizing bad style in your writing. Editing yourself to become
an effective writer. Unclogging your reference system. Eliminating
junk phrasing. Activating your active voice. Learning to love
the comma.
5. HOW TO TURN A SCHOLARLY CONFERENCE INTO AN EDITED BOOK.
A unified book vs. a set of proceedings. Chapters vs. papers.
Planning the conference. Landing the contract. Editing the contributions.
Riding herd on your authors: deadlines and lifelines. Dealing
with pressures. Going to press.
6. COPYRIGHT: GETTING IT RIGHT! A non-technical introduction
to what every teacher, author, and editor should know about
intellectual property, rights, fair use, quotation, paraphrase,
plagiarism, permission, piracy, public domain, royalties, translation,
and copying. Horror stories and words of consolation.
7. IS A TEXTBOOK YOUR NEXT BOOK? How to move from assigning
textbooks to designing textbooks. Textbook publishing as competitive
commercial activity. The textbook writer as member of the business
team. Marketing, production values, permission fees, examination
copies, displays, testimonials, royalties. How to edit selections
for the use of students. How not to write like a professor.
How to make your textbook attractive in the visual culture of
the twenty-first century. Why you should work on the revised
edition the day after your textbook appears in print.
8. EVERYBODY NEEDS AN EDITOR! REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF
EDITING. Editing as drawing out the best in a text. The
editor as the author's best friend. The editor as the advocate
for readers. The editor as expanding the outreach of an academic
discipline. Editing as an art that can be learned with practice
and shared with colleagues and students.
Participants
of Robert Ginsberg's TAA-sponsored workshop, "Writing as Communication:
How To Cut the Crap of Academic Style," presented at New Mexico
State University on December 7, 2006, had this to say about their
experience:
"Outstanding
speaker. Practical advice. This workshop gave me the inspiration
to try again!"
"Great
presentation skills, humor was helpful. The best feature of
the workshop was the seven 'easy' rules. I learned to avoid
filler words, how to make style sheets and that I should own
reference books."
"He brought
everyone into the discussion and fielded questions well. The
best feature of the workshop was the seven rules and examples.
Some I knew, but others were new."
"Very engaging.
I felt all participants were included. I learned how to write
more clearly."
"Excellent.
The best feature of the workshop was that it was applicable
to my work. I learned how to 'cut the crap out' of my writing."
"Wonderful.
The presenter was excellent. He knows the information and is
entertaining."
"Excellent.
The presenter was very effective, articulate and knowledgeable.
The best feature of the workshop was the interaction and samples.
I learned a great deal from this workshop including 'tricks
of the trade' and organizational ideas."
"Wonderful.
I really appreciated the informal process."
"Energetic,
knowledgeable."
"Excellent
presenter. Very helpful information."
"The best
features of the workshop were the presenter's knowledge of the
publication process, the look at various journals, the one-year
subscription to TAA, and the information about cover letters.
I learned a lot about the world of journal publication."
Tara Gray,
presenter of the "Publish & Flourish: Become A Prolific
Scholar Worskhop," who attended Ginsberg's workshop at NMSU,
had this to say about his presentation: "Bob Ginsberg's workshop
is full of practical, thoughtful advice from a prolific scholar
and a journal editor of many years. He gives a lively, entertaining
presentation. I recommend to you this highly interactive, informative
workshop."
This workshop
is co-sponsored by the International Center for the Arts, Humanities,
and Value Inquiry.
This workshop
is offered by Dr. Robert Ginsberg (bio).
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Biographies
of Workshop Presenters
Sonja K.
Foss is a professor in the Department of Communication at
the University of Colorado Denver. Her research and teaching interests
are in contemporary rhetorical theory and criticism, feminist
perspectives on communication, the incorporation of marginalized
voices into rhetorical theory and practice, and visual rhetoric.
She is the author or coauthor of the books Destination Dissertation:
A Traveler's Guide to a Done Dissertation, Rhetorical Criticism,
Contemporary Perspectives on Rhetoric, Inviting Transformation,
Feminist Rhetorical Theories, and Women Speak. Her
essays in communication journals have dealt with topics such as
invitational rhetoric, agency in the film Run Lola Run,
feminine spectatorship in Garrison Keillor's monologues, visual
argumentation, and body art. Dr. Foss earned her Ph.D. in communication
studies from Northwestern University and previously taught at
Ohio State University, the University of Oregon, the University
of Denver, Virginia Tech, and Norfolk State University.
William
Waters is Coordinator of Composition, Director of the Writing
Center, and an assistant professor in the English Department at
Northwest Missouri State University. His research and teaching
interests are in writing theory and practice, the history of the
English language, linguistics, and modern grammar. He is the coauthor
of Destination Dissertation: A Traveler's Guide to a Done Dissertation
and was the managing editor of La Puerta: A Doorway into the
Academy. He also has published several poems in national journals.
Dr. Waters earned his Ph.D. in language and linguistics from the
University of New Mexico and previously taught at the University
of Maine; University College in Galway, Ireland; and Cheongbuk
National University in Korea.
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Kenneth
Henson is Distinguished Professor of Education at The Citadel's
School of Education. He is the author of Grant Writing in Higher
Education: A Step-by-Step Guide, published by Allyn &
Bacon in 2005. Henson's grant writing has brought in more than
$100 million. His technology proposal was the largest funded by
AT&T in 1991. His series of grants with school districts won
a top state award in Alabama and a national award in Indiana.
Henson has been giving workshops on grant writing for more than
20 years.
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Tara Gray,
Ph.D., is an associate professor of criminal justice and the
first director of the Teaching Academy at New Mexico State University
(NMSU). She has published three books, including her most recent,
Publish and Flourish: Become a Prolific Scholar. She has
been honored at NMSU and nationally with eight awards for teaching
or service. Gray has presented her workshop to more than 3,000
scholars in more than 25 states, and in Thailand, Canada, Mexico,
and Guatemala.
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Dr. Robert
Ginsberg is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Comparative
Literature at Pennsylvania State University, where he taught for
35 years. He is also the Director of the International Center
for the Arts, Humanities, and Value Inquiry. Ginsberg was the
founder of the Jones and Bartlett Philosophy series of textbooks,
the Social Philosophy Research Institute Book Series, the
Value Inquiry Book Series, and the New Studies in Aesthetics
book series. He also served as executive editor of The Journal
of Value Inquiry. Some 200 volumes have appeared under his
general editorship. One hundred seventy of his own writings have
been published in four languages in nineteen countries on four
continents.
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