Graduate Workshops

Fall 2024 Graduate Workshop Schedule

September

Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 12:00 pm:  Managing the Thesis and Dissertation Writing Process

Students will learn about resources at ASU that can be utilized to support their thesis or dissertation processes. Students will also learn strategies for planning time to research and write, using mentor texts, keeping track of research, communicating with thesis or dissertation committee members, and staying motivated and inspired.

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Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 12:00 pm:  Citation Management

ASU Library will present on citation managers that save and organize references more efficiently, especially for longer projects. The ASU Library supports three citation managers: Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote. This presentation with focus more closely on Zotero use. 

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October

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 4:00 pm:  Tips for Research Writing

This presentation will include an overview of the research process, including evaluating sources, finding mentor texts, formulating an argument, balancing summary and synthesis, and revising and editing strategies.

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Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 12:00 pm:  Literature Reviews: Starting the Research Process

Having trouble starting or navigating your literature review process? In this workshop, presenters will discuss how to get started by reviewing the purpose of a literature review and share some tips on the research process. Students will follow along with a demo of how to locate potential resources for their review through the ASU Library's databases.

Register today at asuasn.info/GradLiteratureReviewsStartingtheProcess

November

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 12:00 pm:  The Art of Argument

Much academic writing takes the form of argument. You often begin with a claim and then set out to write in support of or in opposition to the existing research and scholarship.  This workshop will descrribe different ways of making a sound argument, how to use summary and synthesis to present your argument, and how to review your argument.

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Have questions about statistics?  Check out the following recordings.

Intro to SPSS:  Tutors present an introduction to the statistical software SPSS. Students will learn background information about the software, data acquisition, and data management. The tutors also demonstrate data management techniques, exploratory data analysis and visualization, and modeling and significance testing in SPSS.

Statistical Concepts Review, Part 1:  Part 1 of the Statistical Concepts Review discusses introductory statistics concepts such as mean, hypothesis testing (z-test and t-test), and confidence intervals (z-test and t-test).

Statistical Concepts Review, Part 2:  Part 2 of the Statistical Concepts Review provides information about concepts such as types of data, types of data distribution, central limit theorem, and the law of large numbers.

Intro to R:  Tutors present an introduction to R, software for statistical computing. The tutors demonstrate how to input data into R, data cleaning methods, rudimentary analyses (e.g., t-test and linear regression), and some data visualization.

Writing Center Videos

ASU Writing Centers offer online writing workshops recordings as a way to provide you with additional information to help you be successful. You can request workshop recordings on a variety of topics. The workshops are designed to provide information on topics that you can watch at your convenience and engage in applying these principles to your classwork. Topics may continue to be added, so check back to see what’s new!

Please use the workshop request form button below to request a workshop video. The link for the video you request will be viewable upon completion of the form.

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