At heart, all campuses are campuses are communities of writers, and our faculty writing programming is designed to support the success of faculty as writers.
Whether you write articles, book chapters, grant proposals, creative projects, new course lectures, or letters to your elected officials, our programming is designed to help you carve out uninterrupted time to focus on your writing and network with colleagues across Mason.
Faculty Affairs & Development and Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) have partnered to offer the Faculty Writers Community, a combination of weekly writing sprints and Faculty Writing Retreats.
For more information or questions, please contact Faculty Affairs & Development at facaffs@gmu.edu.
Weekly Faculty Writing Sprints
Every Friday morning of the semester (9:00am-11:00am), you can join colleagues from across campus to make progress on your projects and build community around your writing. All faculty, at all levels, with any kind of writing projects, are invited. You can join for one week or for the entire semester and know that you have a community of peers who will encourage you, intrigue you, and keep you on track!
Friday Writing Sprints: 9-11am, hosted by Jeff Moran, College of Engineering and Computing. Click here to join virtually. There will be no virtual Writing Sprint on the first Friday of each month.
NEW this semester! Writing sprints will be held in-person on the First Friday of each month. Please RSVP here.
The dates are as follows:
- Friday, October 4
- Friday, November 1
- Friday, December 6
Women’s Accountability Group: 9-11am, hosted by Sheri Huerta, College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Click here to join virtually. There will be no virtual Women's Accountability Group on the first Friday of each month.
All virtual write-ins take place on Microsoft Teams. No pre-registration is required.
Register for the Faculty Writing Retreat
Faculty Writing Retreats are held every January and May. The retreat offers a supportive and collegial community of peers to boost your writing productivity. Participants work on a variety of research, creative, and scholarly projects at all stages of completion.
This multi-day event—co-sponsored by Writing Across the Curriculum and the Office of Faculty Affairs and Development—offers an active approach to uninterrupted writing time, a chance to learn from our guest speakers, and a supportive and collegial community of peers to boost your writing productivity. Participants work on a variety of research and creative projects at all stages of completion.
This year’s retreats will be held on the following dates:
- Winter 2025: Wednesday, January 8 & Thursday, January 9
Schedule and Participant Commitment
Our schedule for each day of the retreat is as follows:
- 8:30am-9:00am — Introductions, Coffee & Light Refreshments
- 9:00am-11:00 am — Writing Sprints
- 11:30am-12:30pm — Lunchtime Panels on Zoom
- 1:00pm-3:00pm — Writing Sprints
Registration
Registration coming soon!