Writing Support Program
Build a Sustainable Writing Practice.
Recommit to your Writing in 2026
JOIN WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES AND RECHARGE YOUR PRODUCTIVITY.
Spring 2026 CFDE Writing Support Program
The Center for Faculty Development and Excellence invites all faculty to participate in a spring 2026 semester-long program of remote and in-person writing support. Registrants may choose among three options:
- Writing Discussion Groups – participants read and discuss one another’s work, via Zoom or in-person
- Writing Time Together Groups – participants gather in-person for writing time together
- Writing Coaching and Support – peer coaching for your writing practice across all fields of study
The writing groups will convene in January 2026 and conclude the first week of May.
Deadline to Register: Friday, December 5
ABOUT WRITING GROUPS
A writing group can offer support, accountability, structure, and camaraderie for faculty in terms of both the process and the product, for writing across the range of types, lengths, stages of development, and goals. It can supply a welcome antidote to the professional isolation that often comes with the task of writing and, if desired, provide a source for constructive critical feedback on work in progress. Any writing project, whether it’s a book, a journal article, or a grant, can benefit from a writing group.
The CFDE serves as scheduler and convener, provides support, and sends reminders and online group prompts. The CFDE also sets up email lists for each group to facilitate planning and communication between group meetings.
ABOUT PEER WRITING COACHING
The CFDE Peer Writing Coaches are a select group of faculty members who will be available to registrants for two 30-minute writing coaching sessions during the spring semester. The coaches have proven experience and expertise in building a sustainable writing practice writing practice. Based on their own experience and training, they can offer guidance and encouragement on how to work more productively and happily. The coaches will not offer editorial or content feedback; rather, their focus will be on process, practice, routines, and habits. Program is first-registered, first served due to limited availability.
THE CFDE FACULTY WRITING ROOM
The CFDE Faculty Writing Room inside Suite 216 of Woodruff Library is dedicated gathering space on campus for writing groups and any faculty member who might just need a quiet place to sit and focus.
- Comfortable chairs
- Good lighting
- Table for groups
- Tea, coffee, and snacks station
- Desk with docking station
- White noise machine
The Faculty Writing Room is available on reserve for all CFDE organized writing groups, and available to all faculty writers at other times, during business hours.
Check out the current CFDE Faculty Writing Room schedule.
For more information, contact Allison Adams.