Faculty Writing Accelerator: Journal Articles Winter 2027

Session Description

Make substantial, meaningful progress on your scholarly journal writing projects this Winter term. Join the Faculty Writing Accelerator: Journal Articles (Winter 2027) for a facilitated series of sessions featuring structured writing activities, short ‘Spark Talks’ by expert guest speakers who will share experiences with scholarly writing, editing, and help uncover the hidden curriculum of scholarly publishing, and dedicated co-writing for group accountability.  

The weekly session topics are guided by relevant scholarship on scholarly writing (including selections from: Academic Writing as if Readers Matter, Write No Matter What, and Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks 2nd edition). The weekly sessions are focused on working together as a cohort and emphasize attainable, practical, goal setting for writing and publishing scholarly, peer-reviewed articles. Skills, tools, and resources shared in the program will propel participants’ writing practices into the summer with practical ways of ensuring writing time is protected and sustainable. 

Participation will be capped at 24 faculty (including TASHn researchers) to focus on creating a supportive space to write together and to emphasize comradery, confidentiality, and accountability among peers.  

Who Should Apply and Eligibility:

Participants must hold a continuing faculty appointment at the University of Toronto. Participation will be capped at 24 faculty (including TASHn researchers) to focus on creating a supportive space to write together and to emphasize comradery, confidentiality, and accountability among peers.

Expectations and Commitments:

Faculty participants will spend two hours weekly in synchronous sessions with the entire group. Participants should expect to spend an additional 3-5 hours per week working on their articles and completing program readings and activities. All accepted participants will receive a hard copy of the book Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks (2019) to be picked up in person at CRIS during the first session of the program on January 8, 2027. Additional readings will be available on SharePoint as .pdfs or available online via University of Toronto library collections.

Dates, Times, Location: 

Fridays, 10am-12pm EST: 

• Session 1: January 8 (IN PERSON)
• Session 2: January 15 (on Zoom)
• Session 3: January 22 (on Zoom)
• Session 4: January 29 (on Zoom)
• Session 5: February 5 (on Zoom)
• Session 6: February 12 (on Zoom)
• Session 7: February 19 (IN PERSON)
• Session 8: February 26 (on Zoom)
• Session 9: March 5 (on Zoom)
• Session 10: March 12 (on Zoom)
• Session 11: March 19 (on Zoom)
• University closed March 26
• Session 12: April 2 (IN PERSON)