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How to write an effective service statement for your promotion and tenure dossier
Go beyond “bum-in-seat” accounting to emphasize your expertise and accomplishments.
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How to write a narrative CV
This document should strongly demonstrate your capability as well as the feasibility of your proposed work.
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How to integrate storytelling into your next research grant application
By humanizing your data, your grant will be more memorable and compelling.
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How being intentional with your language can shift your thinking
Sometimes it isn’t just that certain terms offend people, it’s that the use of this language also implies a particular way of thinking.
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How to write clear objectives for your research grant proposal
They are the bricks that you’re laying on the path towards your goal.
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Zombie-proof your writing: tips for making the conceptual concrete
Clarify your concepts by structuring your work around nominal peaks and concrete valleys.
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How to review a book you don’t like without destroying your professional relationships
Four options for approaching a delicate quandary.
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How to write an effective title for your next journal article
There’s no simple formula but research offers some strong options.
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Writing well is hard: how to write like the best writers in your discipline
My goal is to empower you to feel competent at making your own decisions about what is best for your work.
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How to structure your diversity statement for your academic job search
Be sure to define your terms, detail your experience and outline your future plans.
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On internal alignment: objectives, outcomes, outputs, and contributions in CIHR Project grant applications
You wouldn’t start a road trip without a destination in mind or a map of your route. Grant applications work in the same way.
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From combat to conversation and community: reimagining university writing
We need to use research to identify and implement the most effective ways to support student writing development.
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Against utility and instrumentalization: knowledge mobilization for the humanities
You needn’t put on armour or start a podcast to come up with ways to “mobilize knowledge.”
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Break bad rules: how to change language norms in your academic field, individually and systemically
You don’t need to be in a position of power to shift a language norm in your discipline.
