Rising Scholars News

Greetings again. I hope that all is going well. I’m back in the United States, and things are going busily for me. Tomorrow I start giving a 3-week research writing …

Greetings again. I’m writing this blog post in Qatar, en route back from Tanzania to America. Normally, I don’t watch television while writing blog posts. I don’t even listen to …

Greetings from Tanzania, where I'll lead 2 AuthorAID workshops this week. One of the workshops will be on research writing. The other will be a train-the-trainers workshop, to help people …

Greetings again. I hope all is going well. Last week, someone asked whether AuthorAID mentors are listed as authors of papers they help with. This question raises a broader issue: Who …

Greetings again. I hope you’ve had a good week. As you may know: If you’re seeking a mentor to guide you in writing and publishing research, you may be able …

Greetings again. I hope that all is going well. Our spring semester ended in mid May, and summer school starts this week. Therefore last week I had no teaching to …

Greetings again. I’m now back from the Council of Science Editors (CSE) annual meeting. This year the meeting theme was “The Changing Climate of Scientific Publishing: The Heat Is On”. …

Greetings from Atlanta, where the Council of Science Editors annual meeting is about to begin. I hope that all is going well for you. As you may recall, last week …

Greetings again. I hope that all is well. As you may recall, last week I discussed writing cover letters. Now I’ll discuss another type of letter: a letter to the …

Greetings again. I hope that May is starting well for you. Recently a student sought my advice on writing a cover letter. Sometimes researchers ask me what a cover letter …