Workshops
Workshops are coordinated by FAWN each semester and include a variety of themes to help you attain your writing goals. They are often planned so that you can get inspiration, motivation, and support on a Friday, and attend boot camp the next day to make significant progress on your writing. All workshops take place on Zoom (link available on the FAWN Blackboard, or contact us.)
Spring 2025 Workshops
Two part Workshop with Dr Nancy Reddy, Associate Professor of Writing, First-Year
Studies
As scholars in our field, we’ve developed valuable skills in carrying out research,
putting that research in conversation with the literature, and sharing our findings
with other academics–but how might we reach audiences beyond the conferences and journals
of our home disciplines? Our research has relevance beyond the readership of our scholarly
journals–but it’s not always easy to know how to translate our work for readers who
don’t share our disciplinary background. This two-part workshop will present strategies
for sharing our research with public audiences in venues like The Conversation, Slate, newspapers, and more.
- define qualitative research, characteristics and its worldview
- distinguish the approach from other research paradigms
- identify the reasons for using qualitative methods in research projects
- identify the most commonly referenced qualitative research designs
- explain qualitative terminology
- distinguish between different types of qualitative data sources and the tools used to collect those data
- understand how to match qualitative designs, data, and corresponding tools with each of the most commonly used qualitative research designs
(please note the workshop that follows on the same day)
The purpose of this workshop is to provide an overview of qualitative research and its foundational philosophy, the characteristics and terminology associated with qualitative research, and descriptions of qualitative research designs, data sources, and tools used in qualitative research projects. Examples of how the core elements of qualitative research are applied will be presented using exemplar studies. At the conclusion of this session attendees will be able to:
- define qualitative research, characteristics and its worldview
- distinguish the approach from other research paradigms
- identify the reasons for using qualitative methods in research projects
- identify the most commonly referenced qualitative research designs
- explain qualitative terminology
- distinguish between different types of qualitative data sources and the tools used to collect those data
- understand how to match qualitative designs, data, and corresponding tools with each of the most commonly used qualitative research designs
Registration information to come.
(please note preceding workshop on the same day)
Past Workshops
Finding Relevant Scholarly Journals to Publish In
Have an idea but now sure where you would publish it? Already have an article written
but haven’t found it a home? Want to get that dissertation research published in a
journal or two? Take away some tips on how to find applicable, trustworthy journals
in your field. FAWN can help you steer away from those predatory journals and into
clear waters of quality peer-reviewed journals. Be prepared to walk away with some
new options for publishing your scholarly work.
Clearing the Decks
Clean out the mental and physical clutter that is preventing you from making and attaining
your writing goals. Based on one of the steps in Leo Babauta’s Zen to Done, this workshop will help you define what is important, help you manage your inboxes,
and get your workload to a manageable place and pace so you have space for your research
and writing. This is an active workshop—the goal is for you to have a clear desk and
inbox by the end of the workshop.
Setting up for Scholarship Success
You probably know exactly what you need to accomplish in terms of your scholarship
this semester. This workshop will help you get it done. This is an active workshop—the
goal is for you to have a clear plan of what you will do each day to move your scholarship
forward. We will help you schedule and commit to writing time, help you set up your
support network, and provide advice about how to get back on the scholarship wagon
should you falter.
The Calculus of ‘What Counts’?
It can be hard to determine your research and writing goals in the years leading to
tenure and/or promotion. We are plagued by the eternal question (panic?) of “what
counts.” While FAWN cannot answer those questions for you (in general, the answers
are “peer-reviewed” and “it depends”), we can put you on the path to figuring out what might count for you: whom to ask, where
to find the answers, how to think about your work in light of your tenure/promotion
goals. Come with your current CV, your Program Standards, and most recent tenure narrative
ready to interactively negotiate these questions.
