Library Event

Writing.

Workshop 14: “Last Impressions: Conclusions and Recommendations That Do Not Insult the Reader’s Intelligence” will discuss different approaches to writing a subtle summary of the initial research questions, findings, and the conclusions reached upon the research questions.

Writing.

Workshop 13: “Making Sense of It All: Presenting Discussing Your Findings and Results” will show students the various angles and arguments they can make to present writing that is convincing, compelling, and credible to their audience. Here the student must write like he is Neo from an action scene in The Matrix and he has to fend off a hundred different attackers at once.

Writing.

Workshop 12: “How I Flew to the Moon and Proved It Was Made of Blue Cheese: Writing the Methodology Section” will look at what on the surface might seem like the hardest section to write, but if well planned might just be the easiest section. Based on the mantra of “show me, don’t tell me,” I will discuss how the student can and must describe in detail how the study was conducted.

Writing.

Workshop 11: “Copy of a Copy of a Copy: Understanding Copyright, Fair Use, and Transformation” sheds light on the ambiguous and nebulous world of Copyright issues that haunt many, if not most, Master’s candidates. This workshop will provide a brief history of Copyright law and instruct students how they can go about securing permission—and help them to use work that is not in the public domain in their thesis.

Workshop 10: “The Story of the Squirrel Who Gathered Too Many Nuts: Understanding the Literature Survey and Writing the Literature Review” explains and simplifies perhaps the most important ally the graduate student will have: the work of other scholars.

Workshop 9: “It Was Not a Dark and Stormy Night: Writing the Introduction” will break down and thoroughly discuss all the points that must be addressed in Chapter 1 of the thesis: