Graduate Writing Group

Mission   

The main commitment of a graduate writing group  is to form a  writing group within a communal setting who shares their writing commitment in a particular time slot, exchange writing materials, and reflect as peers during the group meeting. Basically this group meets once or twice in a month physically or virtually during the semester. Both group efforts and self - commitment are expected to accomplish the specific graduate writing commitment over the semesters for being scholarly writers.
Group will be committed to respect individual's expectation, time, and availability.
Corresponding email address: shampa.bd@gmail.com.

Graduate Writing Communities (GWCs)

History

Graduate Writing Group was initiated in the Spring 2015 with an intensive volunteering effort of five graduate students who are involved in the writing program. The space of the WSU Graduate and Professional Writing Center was the first face to face meeting place for the group. Group members decided to continue the writing activities in the summer session online


Members of the First Graduate Writing Group 2015 (Face to Face)

• Shampa Biswas, Education
• Matt Frye, English
• LoriBeth, English
• Nadia Frye, English
• Lauren Kelly, English 

 Members of the Second Graduate Writing Group 2015 (Online)

• Shampa Biswas, Education
• Matt Frye, English
• Nadia Frye, English
• Manee Moua, Education
• Yvonne Manning, Agricultural Science
• John, Material Science and Engineering
• Ayman, Chemistry

 Summer graduate writing group paper submission and peer review dates

1. First peer review in May 31 (Paper submission is due on May 29)
2. Second peer review in June 13 (Paper submission is due on June 12)
3. Third peer review in June 27 (Paper submission is due on June 26)
4. Fourth peer review in July 11 (Paper submission is due on July 10)
5. Fifth peer review in July 25 (Paper submission is due on July 24)

Members of the Third Graduate Writing Group 2015 (Face to Face)

• Shampa Biswas, Education
• Matt Frye, English
• Nadia Frye, English
• Manee Moua, Education
• Yvonne Manning, Agricultural Science
• John, Material Science and Engineering
• Lateasha Lewis, Education

 Fall graduate writing group paper submission and peer review discussion

1. First meeting in September 5 
2. Second meeting in September 26 (Paper submission is due on September 23)
3. Third  meeting in October 17 (Paper submission is due on October 14)
4. Fourth  meeting in November 14 (Paper submission is due on November 11)
5. Fifth  meeting in December 12 (Paper submission is due on December 9)

Who can participate?

Any graduate students can participate in the graduate writing group with a shared writing commitment for being future writing scholars and join in google blog for the details information of the group, Graduate Writing Group Blog


Writing submission requirements

1.  Please clarify about your writing type, writing audience, and peer review expectations in 2 or 3 sentences in the written document.
2. Please drop a max 10 page written document with double space for peer review within peer review submission deadline using the following suggested google drive link.

Steps to follow to join and review the graduate writing group

1. Please consider to write an email to Shampa Biswas (shampa.bd@gmail.com), if you are interested for being an active member of the graduate writing group. 
2. If you are interested in online conversation, email me your Skype I'd and also your gmail id.
   Peer feedback will be shared through email, if you are not interested to participate in online conversation or you are not available to attend the group conversation.
3.  Each interested group member is responsible to volunteer as a peer reviewer for the graduate writing group. Assigned paper will be available in google drive. Each paper will be emphasized to be reviewed by 1 or 2 peer reviewers of the group by following specific group's reading schedule.
4.  Assigned reviewers will use the 'track changes' to comment or use 'comment option' of google doc. Each group member commits to upload paper in google drive within scheduled paper submission date and share peer feedback through both in google drive and email within scheduled peer review date.
5.   Note that you will find the email address of peers in reading schedule and instructions file and detailed information about the group in graduate writing group blog, http://graduatewritingcommunites.blogspot.com/

Additional Reviewer Guidelines
Writing Common's Peer Review Guidelines
Questions and documents of WSU Graduate and Professional Writing Center