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Toolkit for a Collaborative Dissertation Writing Group
April Mann, Writing Center Director
Koren Bedeau, Ph.D., Assistant Dean of the Graduate School
Anna Stoute, MLIS, Head of Education and Outreach
Scholars’ Retreat University of Colorado at Denver
• On-call advisors…to facilitate maximum productivity, including assistance in:
– developing individual writing plans
– developing frameworks or research questions for projects
– organizing ideas
– energizing and motivating
• One week on campus apartments in Lakewood, Colorado
• Sample Daily Schedule 6:15 wake up 6:30 exercise (walking /running) 7:45 breakfast 8:30 writing 12:30 lunch 1:30 writing 2:30 optional walk 5:30 dinner 7:00 writing 9:00 social hour 10:00 to bed
• $1675 for one session; stay for both sessions for a reduced fee of $3150
• Eight participants (open to graduate students and faculty)
• Tuesday – Friday (9 a.m. – 5 p.m., non-residential) or Friday – Sunday weekend (includes evening sessions)
• Mini-lectures on: – public speaking, your role with your advisor, balance– Conceptualizing a topic, writing a literature review, transitioning from a
proposal to a dissertation, analyzing data, writing the last chapter, and editing
• Funded as a part of a larger National Science Foundation grant project
Dissertation House University of Maryland College Park
From Idea to Collaboration
Identify Collaborators
Graduate School(Access to Graduate Students, Graduate
Directors, and Dissertation Advisors)
Library(Locations and
Research Support)
Writing Center(Writing Support)
Resources/Funding
Meeting Schedule
Monday Writing Meetings
Writing Times: 2:00pm-4:00pm OR 4:30pm-6:30pmGroup Meeting: 4:00pm-4:30pm Locations: Library Study Rm 226 and Faculty/Dissertation Rm
Feedback Meetings
Tuesday OR Wednesday Location: Library Study Rm 226Time: 4:00pm-6:30pm
Library(Locations and
Research Support)
Identify locations for possible meetings
Identify locations for group writing
Identify staff for research and technical support
Stage 1: Beginning the GroupBrainstorm 2-3 minutes
Stage 2: Forming the Actual GroupBrainstorm 2-3 minutes
Forming the Actual Group
Questions?Anna Stoute, MLIS, Head of Education and OutreachEmail: [email protected]
April Mann, Writing Center DirectorEmail: [email protected]
Koren Bedeau, Ph.D., Assistant Dean of the Graduate School Email: [email protected]
Thank You
