Tag: scholarly writing
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The Importance of Citation Practices in Scholarly Writing
There is no stronger signal of a scholar than their citation practices. In a series of six podcast interviews Oprah Winfrey recently conducted with Abraham Verghese, author of the epic novel Covenant of Water, reiterated the reverence he feels for words and the power of story telling. On more than one occasion, he clarified that…
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Book Chapters
Do book chapters count in measures of faculty productivity? In the department where I worked, book chapters did not count as much as an article in a referred journal. To this day, the journal articles and book chapters are separated out on my curriculum vitae (CV) even though both are peer reviewed. In those days,…
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Tools that Help You Think
A fountain pen can help you to slow down and concentrate when you are writing. All of us live distracted lives. Many academic writers have a ritual to get into the right mindset for writing. Some sharpen a half-a-dozen pencils and line them up in a row. Others light a candle. Some turn to music.…