DAAAS Graduate Professionalization Series

The Department of African and African American Studies invites graduate students to a three-part professionalization series focused on academic writing and publishing. This spring, faculty will share practical guidance on preparing an academic article, navigating the book publication process, and transforming a dissertation into a manuscript. The series features Professors Matthew D. Morrison, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, and the Literature Editor at Cambridge University Press Ryan Ray offering graduate students concrete tools and insight for advancing their scholarly work and careers.

Wed Jan 14: Preparing an academic article by Professor Matthew D. Morrison

Wed Feb 11: How to get a book published/Navigating the publication process by Professor Shelley Fishkin

Wed Mar 11: Publishing in the Humanities, by Ryan Ray (Literature Editor at Cambridge University Press). This session will be preceeded by individual sessions for students who sign up.