Rising Scholars News

We are pleased to announce the newest recipients of AuthorAID workshop grants. They are Dr. AMAM Zonaed Siddiki, of Bangladesh, and Ms. Edith Wakida, of Uganda. Dr. Siddiki is a …

“Happy Punctuation Day!” one of my graduate students wrote me last Tuesday. “Punctuation Day? What’s that?” I wondered. Wanting to find out more, I found the National Punctuation Day website …

Rabbits or turtles?

Hello again. Recently an instructor at another university sent me a list she had prepared of style guides and style manuals. I was pleased to see that a widely used …

At INASP, including AuthorAID, we believe in making our initiatives sustainable. For example, when Prof. Barbara Gastel and I facilitate research-writing workshops, there’s usually a train-the-trainer component. This component prepares …

[This post is from AuthorAID intern Dr. Daniel Scott, who played a major role in developing the new AuthorAID survey. I join him in encouraging you to complete this survey. …

A brief celebration

[This post is from Caroline Cage. Caroline is a PhD candidate in development studies, and she is a monitoring and evaluation officer at INASP. Thank you, Caroline! —Barbara] I have …

Hello again. Recently one of my students mentioned an online resource called Wordnik. I’m pleased to feature it as our Resource of the Week. From the Wordnik homepage, you …

Table or figure?