The Scholarly Writing Program offers several services for IU Bloomington faculty:
Faculty Writing Groups
Our semester-long Faculty Writing Groups offer group accountability and support for faculty and other full-time academic appointees who would like to prioritize their own writing. You need to apply to be part of these groups.
Applications are due by August 1 for the fall semester and November 1 for the spring semester. To apply, click here for the application form.
Peer-review groups
We arrange peer-review groups—by request—for interested faculty members. Past groups have included faculty working on tenure and promotion statements, and faculty interested in receiving feedback on scholarly work from peers outside their disciplines.
Tenure and promotion support
Each spring, we provide one-on-one consultations on tenure and promotion personal statements (research, teaching, and service sections). Contact Laura Plummer at lplummer@indiana.edu to make an appointment.
Editorial support
Time permitting, we provide one-on-one feedback to Faculty Writing Group participants on any piece of writing related to their IU appointment, such as scholarly books/chapters, articles, and grant applications.
Special writing-related events
VPFAA and the Scholarly Writing Program cosponsor writing-related events each academic year. These events include workshops by experts in the field of scholarly writing and productivity (with OVPR), The OpEd Project (with CAHI), and seasonal multiday writing retreats.
Annual writing retreat
Each May, we host a two-day retreat to help jump-start summer writing projects.