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Accelerating Innovation, 
Creativity & Scholarly Impact

 

From innovative writing support programs, to small grants for research and creative activity, to external mentoring programs, our resources help faculty and students turn their aspirations into reality.

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Innovative Writing Support & Programs

  • One-on-one consultations to support writing processes and products
  • Departmental consulting to strengthen writing curricula, instructor training, and program design
  • Class visits tailored to graduate courses, combining presentations, activities, and feedback
  • Writing workshops, and help with time management


Programs are free to all UO community members. Some opportunities are audience-specific and require separate applications. Contact Mike Murashige directly to learn more about graduate writing workshops and the dissertation bootcamps and course offering (GRST 610).

Dissertation Writing Course (GRST610)

This course is designed for students who have defended their dissertation proposals three quarters or fewer before the class begins in Spring 2026. Students will be required to complete at least 4,000 words toward a new dissertation chapter. This 2-credit course is offered through the Division of Graduate Studies (GRST 610) in collaboration and participation from the UO Libraries (all major subject librarians), the UO Prevention Science Program, and the Office of the Provost. 

Scholarly Writing Workshops for Faculty

Each year, our program trains faculty to more effectively instruct and mentor graduate student writers. We have led over 60 faculty members from programs in all of the UO colleges and schools through this 6-part workshop series. 

Faculty Writing Circles and Week of Writing (WoW)

Faculty Writing Circles are available every day of the week, with multiple morning and afternoon options. Each term, we serve 80-100 faculty by offering 10-12 writing circles, including both in-person and virtual options as well as circles that support the special challenges faced by caregivers. Participants meet weekly for three hours. Each June and December, the Faculty Writing Circles program runs a weeklong faculty retreat: our Week of Writing (WoW). Faculty can participate in WoW in-person or virtually.

Dissertation Bootcamps

These intensive three-day events are designed for graduate students in the middle of the dissertation process. They feature workshops teaching effective strategies for successful navigation of dissertation tasks and how to handle common challenges that come up for students in the last leg of their graduate school journeys. We plan to offer these camps twice during the summer of 2026 — once in June and once at the end of August. These bootcamps are co-sponsored by the Center on Diversity and Community (CoDaC) and the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS).

Scholarly Writing Workshops for Graduate Students

Each year, we offer a 2-quarter sequence of trainings for beginning graduate students (years 1-3) to provide them with tools to address the fundamentals of scholarly writing and writing process. These trainings are meant to “mirror” the faculty trainings, above.

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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.