May 10, 2023

Summer 2023 Research and Writing Jumpstart

From May 30-Jun 2, join us in person or online for a week-long program to jumpstart your research and writing for the summer. You are welcome to attend as many or as few sessions as works best for you.

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Montclair faculty and instructors of all ranks are invited to come together for a week-long program to jumpstart their research and writing for the summer.

The week will begin with intention setting, and each day will feature morning and afternoon writing sessions, with a lunch-and-learn break featuring presentations on grant writing, scholarly profiles, and finding the right journal for your work.

Participants may attend in person or online.

Sign up by May 24th to receive an invitation to write out and articulate your goals in advance — the more we plan, the better we execute.

We invite participants to commit as much as they can to get the most out of the program, but everyone sets their own schedule.

9-11:30: Morning writing session

12-1pm: Lunch-and-learn (lunch will be provided for in-person attendees)

Tuesday: Grant Writing, with Maneesha Kelkar
Wednesday: Creating a Scholarly Profile, with Siobhan McCarthy (Sprague Library)
Thursday: Finding the right journal for your work, with Catherine Baird (Sprague Library)

1:30-4: Afternoon writing session

Tuesday, May 30: Grant writing, with Maneesha Kelkar
- Have a vague idea about a grant? Not sure how to start? At this session, Maneesha Kelkar will lead participants through a basic overview of grant writing, with particular attention to grants in the social justice field. Although individual grants and fields have their own requirements, Maneesha will draw on her experiences writing and reviewing grants to offer some more broadly applicable tips. Bring ideas you have for your own grant proposal or learn some ideas for future applications.
- Maneesha Kelkar has nearly two decades of experience leading social justice organizations, with work ranging from service provision to policy advocacy. She has consistently used grant writing as a key tool to raise funds for the issues she believes in.
Wednesday, May 31: Creating a scholarly profile, with Siobhan McCarthy (Sprague Library)
- How are scholarly profiles different from any other professional or social network, and how can maintaining one improve your visibility as a researcher, or help with job prospects as a graduate student? In this workshop, we will discuss the benefits and drawbacks of the various scholarly networks, including Research Gate, Google Scholar, ORCID, and Selected Works (Digital Commons).
Thursday, June 1: Finding Venues for Publication: Research Tools and Considerations, with Catherine Baird (Sprague Library)
- In this mini-session, we’ll talk about discovering journals, as well as considerations of quality, open access, predatory and peripheral publishers.

We invite participants to commit as much as they can to get the most out of the program, but everyone sets their own schedule.

Sign up by May 24th to receive an invitation to write out and articulate your goals in advance — the more we plan, the better we execute.