Postdoctoral Scholars

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​Techniques and Tools in Academic Writing

International postdocs are invited on March 27, 2026 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM, to a two-hour Zoom workshop, Techniques and Tools in Academic Writing. This workshop will introduce ways of using digital tools to execute academic writing techniques such as The Corpus of Contemporary American English for finding the right phrase; ChatGPT for editing sentence structures; templates for creating transitions; and more. Students should have a draft-in-progress from their project in order to apply these techniques and tools to their writing. This Writing Institute workshop is facilitated by Jialei Jiang. Seating is limited. We will close registration when the workshop is full. Registration deadline: March 24. Register for this workshop.

Overcoming Resistance and Creating a Sustainable Writing Plan

Does writing make you anxious? Do you tend to procrastinate as a writer?

Register for a free one-day project workshop and learn how to overcome resistance and create a sustainable writing plan. You will also have two hours of writing time.

This workshop will meet in April 2026. Details TBA.  It is open to Pitt postdocs.

Please register for the workshop by completing a brief form.

Participants will be eligible to participate in a Writing Accountability Group that will meet weekly on Zoom during summer term.

This workshop is a project of the Writing Institute.

Postdoctoral scholars who have attended the "Overcoming Resistance" workshop are invited to join a writing accountability group (WAG) that meets weekly on Zoom for quiet, focused writing time together. WAGs offer a simple but powerful structure — a regular, shared commitment to showing up for your writing. New groups begin in September, January, and May.