Writing Groups

Meeting time: 6 to 9 p.m. CT
Format: registered (same attendees each week, attendance required)
Mode: online / fully virtual
Facilitator: Kati Conleyi

This graduate writing group meets online every week via Zoom. It aims to provide a supportive community for graduate students to work on academic writing projects of any type and at any stage. The bulk of the session will be writing time (approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes). The opening and closing sessions will be dedicated to brief large- and small-group (discussion) activities at the intersection of writing and well-being. These community-building activities include goal setting and sharing, reflection on the writing process, time management, self-care, and so forth. All participants will be given access to a shared Google Doc, on which they note their weekly goals and progress. In addition, during the group’s meeting time, the facilitator (Kati) will be available for brief one-to-one conferences with participants to help them set goals, think through their strategies, and get an outsider’s perspective on their writing.

Meeting time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. CT
Format: drop-in (attend when you’re available)
Mode: in person
Location: Helen C. White Hall, sixth floor
Facilitator: Ben Lebowitz

Hey there, fellow graduate students! Are you working on a course paper, an article, your thesis, your dissertation, a blog, a story? Do you like conducting your work in a supportive, community environment? If so, our writing group may be just right for you! 

In our Friday drop-in session, we will allow you the time to further progress your own writing projects in a number of supportive and non-intimidating ways—​utilizing free-writes, discussion activities, collective and individualized goal setting, and more to help you take manageable steps forward in your work and (hopefully) feel better about the state of your writing after each session. Come join us and help make this group into a supportive, productive community of writers and learners! 

Meeting time: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. CT
Format: registered (same attendees each week, attendance required)
Mode: in person
Location: Helen C. White Hall, 6th floor
Facilitator: Seth Umbaugh

This writing group will meet in person on the 6th floor of Helen C. White hall each Wednesday at 9 a.m. We will foster community and promote accountability by beginning each session with some time to catch up with each other and set goals for our morning writing. From around 9:15 to 11:50, group participants will get down to business and write! During this time, Seth will be available for brief one-on-one conferences. We’ll spend our final 10 minutes together each Wednesday celebrating our successes and debriefing about any challenges we faced while writing!