• Meet with a writing tutor to get coaching on how to improve a draft. Graduate students should meet with the Assistant Director for Graduate Writing Support for a brief orientation meeting before scheduling tutoring appointments with a tutor. In this meeting, we will work together to determine reasonable writing and revision goals and then pair you with an appropriate tutor for a set number of sessions. This policy is in place to ensure that graduate students get the sustained support they need.
  • To schedule an orientation meeting click here. For more information, see the Graduate Student Tutorials tab or contact Baaqeyah at gradwriting@uconn.edu
• Join one of our Five-Week Writing Seminars. These run several times per year and create regular accountability for making progress on major projects. This seminar can be taken for credit or not for credit. Schedule an orientation meeting to learn more here.
• Attend our Graduate Writing Workshop Series to workshop drafts of thesis or dissertation chapters, conference papers, journal articles, seminar papers, or other projects. This is the primary place where graduate students can find assistance with the revision process because experience tells us that the sustained support a graduate student gets from a writing group inspires more writing and more revision than meeting with a tutor (details and dates on the Graduate Writing Workshop Series tab).
• Grad Student Writing Accountability Retreats to carve out time from your schedule to sit with other grad students and get work done in a supportive environment
  • Attend a half day Writing Retreat (for details and dates see the Half -Day Writing Retreat tab)
  • Attend a day-long Writing Retreat (details and dates on the 1-day-retreat tab).
  • Attend a two-day-long Writing Retreat (details and dates on the 2-day retreat tab).
  • Attend a three-day-long Writing Retreat (details and dates on the 3-day-retreat tab).

What the Writing Center can do

• Give you ready access to welcoming peers and collaborators to talk through your ideas
• Help you develop strategies for getting started on projects, persisting in drafting, revising your work, and editing your prose
• Provide feedback on whether or not you are expressing ideas the way you intend
• Connect you to writing seminars, print and online guides, and other resources

What the Writing Center cannot do

• Serve as a substitute for advisor feedback

Baaqeyah Muhammad
Assistant Director for Graduate Writing Support
University Writing Center

Office: Homer Babbidge Library, Level 2, Room 128
Email: gradwriting@uconn.edu