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Graduate Writing Program - Winter and Spring 2027
Fridays, early evenings - 4:00–6:00 p.m.with Mike Murashige, UO Writing Consultant
The Division of Graduate Studies and the Center on Diversity & Community are pleased to announce the Graduate Writing Program, a six-session professional development curriculum designed to provide advanced instruction and materials for early-career graduate student writers (years 1–3).
Though writing is fundamental to the careers of most scholars, too few programs teach graduate students how to write in their respective disciplines. Meanwhile, the university offers few writing services specifically for graduate students and their writing needs.
The Graduate Writing Program is designed to improve the effectiveness of graduate student writers: to conceptualize their writing projects, create arguments, engage in deep revision, and strengthen their daily writing practices. Not only will this program outline essential principles to support graduate students in making the difficult transition from student writers to writers of academic scholarship, but we will also be exploring issues like procrastination and writer’s block, how to craft a writing plan, and the basics of drafting, revision, and publication.
In these workshops, Writing Consultant Mike Murashige will share tools and techniques for writers, most of which cannot be found in “how to” books on academic writing. Because we value a diversity of disciplines, we encourage all interested graduate students in their 1st to 3rd year in graduate school to apply. From the application pool, we will be selecting 30 participants.
To apply, email Mike Murashige mmurashi@uoregon.edu or complete the application online.
The Schedule
All sessions will be held on Friday afternoons from 4–6 pm in Weeks 3, 5, and 7 and supplemented with individual consults with Mike. Barring any changes to current university policy, these workshops will all be in-person trainings with no online options.
Winter 2027
Week 3 Friday, January 22
Topic The Three Pillars of Scholarly Writing
Time 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Week 5 Friday, February 5
Topic Conceptualizing Projects
Time 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Week 7 Friday, February 19
Topic Beginnings, Middles, and Endings
Time 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Spring 2027
Week 3 Friday, April 16
Topic The Modes of Scholarly Writing
Time 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Week 5 Friday, April 30
Time 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Topic Effective and Efficient Revision Strategies
Week 8 Friday, May 21
Time 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Topic From Paper to Article
Our division supports innovative programs, projects, and initiatives that advance scholarly impact.
Just in Time Research and Creative Activity Grants provide seed funding for faculty and students projects that are poised to attract external funding or to test a novel idea. The “Art Cart” is just one example. It's a mobile performance/exhibition space designed and built by a tiny-home company in Eugene, outfitted by an art collective called Harmonic Laboratory, and managed by the School of Music and Dance and the School of Art + Design. It was funded through the IDEAL Climate Survey and is available to be utilized through the School of Music and Dance.
To learn more about the Art Cart, please contact Professor Stephen Rodgers.