How to Publish While in Grad School: Grad Student Workshop
Part 2 in the OGS Becoming a Strategic Scholar Series. Strategize, self-advocate, and negotiate ways for class assignments to become conference presentations, journal articles, book chapters, and even future dissertation chapters.
Support Professors in the Full Lifecycle of their Academic Research and Publishing
Key point: students participating in a professor’s research agenda are far more likely to be co-authors of publications that come out of that research and to branch off successfully into their own research and publishing
Find out what some of your favorite professors are currently researching, especially when this work is grant funded
See what publications in your field/specialization are grant funded: UberResearch Dimensions
Identify current and upcoming grant RFPs: ProQuest Pivot
Inform professors of relevant grant proposals and offer to help with RFPs if they are interested
Assist in academic literature scanning and review (e.g., a research bibliography in Google Docs)
Hone your academic citing, fact-checking, writing and editing skills