Workshops & Panels

This series provides dissertation writers with the structure, resources, and creative outlets to design and maintain a sustainable approach to writing. We will explore effective practices for pacing your dissertation writing while helping you overcome common writing blocks and find balance in your writing life. During each weekly live workshop session, we will engage with a relevant theme, disc…

Using artificial intelligence for research and writing has emerged as a helpful skillset in any scholar’s toolkit. AI tools can find sources, read and summarize articles, write text and code, manage workflows, and identify impactful research questions. In this workshop series, participants will reflect on their own research to identify opportunities for AI to boost their productivity and impact…

Writing for law school exams is its own genre of writing, one that diverges sharply from how most law school courses dedicate their time. This workshop will offer practical tips for answering issue-spotter questions on law school exams. Examples will be drawn from Torts, Criminal Law, and Evidence, though the tips and tricks are applicable across doctrinal courses (and no prior experience with …

Are you feeling stuck in your project? Or just want to infuse more originality into your research? This workshop will explore the central role of creativity in science and draw on the Night Science framework to help you see new connections and directions in your project. Together, we’ll practice experimenting with language—especially in playful ways that are usually discouraged in formal scient…

Wrote an awesome term paper that you want to share at a conference? Found an interesting conference and need help reframing your paper to fit the theme? This workshop will teach you the basics of conference presentations: choosing the right conference, writing the abstract, shaping your paper for your intended audience, navigating funding and registration, presenting engagingly, and sparking a …

Join us for a workshop on writing op-eds and public opinion pieces! Come learn about the pitch process, structure, editing, and why you might want to write an op-ed in the first place. We will discuss how mastering this form of public writing can be a useful tool to have in your professional toolbox, inside and outside of the academy. Intended Audience: All graduate students, professional sc…

How We Write: A Faculty Panel Writing and publishing are the lifeblood of an academic career. In this interactive panel, Yale faculty members will share the writing practices that have sustained their own careers, from maintaining productivity, to balancing teaching and personal commitments, to finding joy and meaning in their writing. This window into the writing lives of Yale faculty can h…

Writing a dissertation prospectus in the humanities? The beginning of this workshop explains how to write the core sections of a prospectus: the introduction, literature review, methodology, chapter summary, timeline, and bibliography. After that, Yale PhD students who have successfully defended their prospectuses will share strategies from their experiences navigating this challenging new genr…