Recent projects
RMIT University
Publishing your research in refereed journals: A workshop for doctoral and masters students (June 16, 19 2008)
This intensive 2 day workshop, attended by students from across the university in the sciences and social sciences, developed hands-on-activities to clarify the value and purpose of students’ research and help them adopt an appropriate scholarly stance in their journal article.
University of South Australia, Hawke Institute for Sustainable Societies
2008 Publication Workshop Series for doctoral students and early career academics (February 22, March 28, June 6, 2008)
This series of three workshops helped participants develop a draft article for journal submission. Input on publication strategies plus close readings of drafts-in-progress created a more strategic approach to getting published and established the foundation for ongoing writing groups.
The University of Newcastle, Faculty of Education and Arts
Research higher degree writing and publication workshop (January 23-24, 2008)
A two day intensive workshop consisting of four sessions per day (2.5 hours each) on: early career researcher identity struggles; working with research literatures; writing abstracts and conference papers; developing linguistic strategies to increase authority in writing.
Charles Sturt University, Faculty of Education
Writing retreat for early career academics (November 8-10, 2007)
Individual consultations with 20+ staff on journal articles-in-progress to sharpen their arguments and facilitate successful publication. Keynote address on publishing from the scholarship of teaching, exploring strategic ways to research teaching and publish findings.
University of Tasmania
Academic women writing their PhDs (October 22-24, 2007)
A two day conference for female academics across the university who were also completing their PhDs. Participants presented their doctoral work in a critical, supported forum lead by Professor Kamler, who also opened the conference with a keynote address titled ‘Producing robust scholarly identities through doctoral writing and publishing’.
University of South Australia, Flexible Learning Centre
Research writing workshops for early career supervisors (September 17, October 15, November 16, 2007)
A series of three workshops (3 hours each) designed for early career supervisors Topics included: sustaining a writing culture through writing groups and co-authorship; turning conference papers into journal publications; developing student argument through modelling. Supervisors were also guided to examine their own writing, assess appropriate journals and develop a publication plan for the year.
University College Cork, Ireland
Academic writing and publication workshop (July 18-20, 2007)
A three day intensive workshop with early career academic staff across all faculties of the university, many of whom were still completing doctoral degrees. Two key goals were achieved: 1) to develop writers’ knowledge, skills and publication know-how; 2) to develop ongoing writing groups for staff to present writing-in-progress and receive critical supportive feedback prior to submission.
Monash University, Faculty of Education
Research publication workshops for music educators (May 8, September 11, 2007)
Intensive research writing support to assist a group of music educators develop a special issue of a high profile discipline journal. Participants presented interview data from current research and drafted articles to establish a common focus and tease out the significance of their contributions.
Monash University, Faculty of Law
Writing consultation for journal submission (October 8, November 5, Nov 27, 2007)
Intensive work on a draft authored by a group of law academics seeking to publish in a high profile Law Review journal. Input included 1) reading and analysis of their draft to ascertain strengths and weaknesses; 2) a writing conference with authors to develop a tighter focus and clarify their contribution to the field; 3) rewriting by authors and further critique prior to submission as required.
University of South Australia, School of Education and Centre for Studies in Literacy, Policy and Learning Cultures
Publication workshops for staff and students (August 18, October 25, 2006 and April 30, 2007)
A series of three workshops addressing: (1) co-authoring publications with doctoral researchers; (2) enhancing publication outcomes for educational researchers; (3) publication possibilities and plans from the scholarship of teaching. The overall aim of the series was to better ‘mine’ the research completed or in-progress for rich output and scholarly contribution.
Port Elizabeth Technikon, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Postgraduate writing practices (July 6-8, 2004)
A two day intensive workshop for academic staff in the Faculty of Education, many of whom were completing masters and doctoral degrees. Sessions on crafting common genres of research writing and building an academic profile. One full day of consultations with individual staff members to improve drafts-in-progress.
University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Doing a literature review (June 23, 2004)
A half day workshop for doctoral students, co-lead with Professor Pat Thomson, University of Nottingham, on working with research literatures. Topics included: identity struggles in writing for an expert community of scholars; critically analysing student reviews; using literature to build an argument.
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