Faculty Writing Support
Faculty write. Articles, books, and grant proposals, yes. But also talks and lectures. Slides and posters. Assignments. Peer reviews of professional scholarship and feedback on student work. Email. It all counts as writing. And when we acknowledge just how much writing we do, we begin to recognize just how central and diverse a role writing plays in all of our work.
Faculty write many different things across our roles and responsibilities as teachers, mentors, leaders, and scholars. As a process, writing entails a wide range of activities, putting words on the page and editing them as well as reading, thinking, conversing, explaining, experimenting…We help you to see how much goes in to all that writing that you do, and to engage in this process in rewarding and sustainable ways.
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General ItemWriting Group Grant Program
The writing group grant program encourages faculty to form collaborative support networks beyond their home departments and colleges that advance their research and writing goals throughout their careers.
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General ItemFaculty Writing Retreats
Our faculty writing retreats offer time and space to focus on your writing in a supportive community. We offer annual summer and winter retreats as well as roving writing retreats throughout the academic year. All Virginia Tech faculty (tenured or tenure-track, collegiate, continued appointment or continued appointment track, research, extension, clinical, instructors, adjuncts) are welcome.
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General ItemWorkshops
Check out our growing roster of workshops and events for faculty writers. Recent and upcoming topics include “Coauthorship with Graduate Students,” “All About Writing Groups,” and “Writing Teaching Statements.”
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General ItemArticles for Faculty Writers
Original articles written by and for Virginia Tech faculty.
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General ItemInterviews
Interviews with Virginia Tech faculty writers.
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General ItemWriting on Writing
A curated list of books and articles about writing.
Monique Dufour, Ph.D.
Faculty Fellow, Faculty Writing Initiatives
Associate Professor, History
msdufour@vt.edu
Rachel Gabriele
Associate Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs
rachelvg@vt.edu
Catherine Piché
Program Assistant
copiche@vt.edu