Note: In the “Are You Working?” series, a Ph.D. and academic-writing coach answers questions from faculty members and graduate students about scholarly motivation and productivity. This month’s ...

To talk, as I am here, about the aesthetic pleasures of scholarly writing is surely a fool’s game. After all, we know that much academic writing is at best intelligible and at worst unreadable. To ...

Editor’s Note: Previously, this series on scholarly publishing has offered advice on approaching an editor, getting a book contract, and writing a “timely” book. Peer review can be stressful, even for ...

Academic writing encompasses many different formats, each with its own conventions and purposes. However, getting to know the various genres of academic writing helps students communicate effectively ...

To make a greater impact, scholars need to overcome the curse of knowledge so they can package their ideas with concrete, technical, and active writing. Researchers from University of Arizona and ...

The landscape of academic writing has undergone a fundamental transformation in 2026, where the question is no longer whether to use AI, but which specialized tools actually understand the nuances of ...

From structuring book reviews to critiquing scholarly articles, mastering APA and MLA formats, and even using AI ethically, academic writing is a skill you can grow. College offers countless ...

Academic writing is a form of writing non fiction prose that communicates information, ideology, details, and research to a broader academic community. This form of writing, which is also often called ...

A few weeks ago I was reading over page proofs for a now-published manuscript, and I must have had my science writer brain on. I started to read what I had written and, for one excruciating moment, ...

Students complete a First-Year Writing Seminar Selection process prior to matriculation, in order to determine which of several environments will provide the best seminar experience for them. (This ...