Join the Writing Center’s S.W.A.G. for Faculty and Meet Your Writing Goals this Semester!
Are you ready to get some writing done this fall? Sign up for the Writing Center’s Scholarly Writing Accountability Group (SWAG), and get support from colleagues across the university to meet your writing goals.
The Fall SWAG will meet Fridays from 10:00am-11:30am on Zoom. Meetings begin Friday, September 15, and run through Friday, December 8, with no meeting during Thanksgiving break. Faculty from all colleges and departments are welcome, but space is limited. Contact Mairin Barney at ebarney@towson.edu with any questions.
To register for the next Scholarly Writing Accountability Group, please complete this form.
A SWAG is an active peer-led writing group for TU faculty that meets for 90-minutes, once a week over the fall semester. Groups follow a structured agenda including 15 minutes of updates and goal-setting followed by 60 minutes of individual writing and then 15 minutes of reporting and wrap-up. Each group is limited to 8-10 members who commit to attending at least 8 weekly sessions. In a SWAG, there is no peer review of writing; SWAGs focus on the process of writing, not the content. SWAG members support one another to write with increased frequency and develop a sustainable writing habit.
Summer 2023 SWAG participants came from multiple programs and disciplines, including Communications, Criminal Justice, English, Biology and Sports Medicine.
Here’s what some past participants had to say about the program:
“I think the main benefit of the SWAG sessions was easing some of the anxiety about when I would find a time to write during the busiest part of the semester. I knew that, no matter how crazy grading got, I would always have that time set aside!”
“Meeting other faculty from different disciplines and hearing about how they approach their writing was an invaluable experience. I feel like I have a stronger sense of community here at TU after participating in this winter SWAG. It is always helpful to feel like you are not alone, and I feel that way after each session.”
“Participating in the SWAG group greatly increased my productivity and helped me to set clear scholarship/writing goals. As a result of my time writing in SWAG, I have published one article and have another in-press for national peer-reviewed journals, with more in the works.”
To register for the next Scholarly Writing Accountability Group, please complete this form.
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This post was written by Barney, E. Mairin