A blog about publication productivity in an academic setting.
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ACADEMIC WRITING is a blog geared for those who dream of finding a spot in academia where the written word matters. It is addressed to early career academics in the behavioral sciences aspiring to meet expectations for tenure and promotion. It is also addressed to graduate students who aspire to an academic career. The blog juggles an interest in the scholarly writing with the ethics and politics of publication productivity and its place in establishing an international recognition.
The wizard at the keyboard of ACADEMIC WRITING is a prolific writer, a feminist, now retired from a 38-year career as an academic. Fascinated with what it takes to be a prolific writer, Creamer was first sensitized to the politics of publication productivity in writing the now widely cited monograph, Publication Productivity: Issues of Equity. During her career, Creamer published three textbooks about mixed methods research, three books, and more than 150 articles in referred journals. Being a writer is at the core of her identity.
The ACADEMIC WRITING blog may be unique in its conviction that academics have a better chance of reaching an audience for what they’ve written if they consider the writing process as a craft. That uniqueness extends to a belief that observations made by novelists, essay writers, and poets about the writing process can help researchers in applied fields in the social sciences reach a wider audience by improving their writing.
The politics of publication include those that are local – meaning expectations set at the department and institution level- and those that involve a national and international community. They extend to the political acumen necessary to find the right home for scholarly journal articles and book chapters.
Recent Blog Post
- Writing as a Sanity Saver
- Writing in the academic reward structure.
- Combating writer’s block
- Ode to English Majors – Skills Transferable to Other Fields
- Book writing.
- Time management
- Tools to enhance concentration
- Tips for Getting the Most Out of a Scholary Article
- Building a Story Line in a Publication You are Writing
- Professional ethics
- Editing and audience
- Embracing audience