Monthly Writing Meet-Up
Are you looking for a supportive network of graduate students, who come together to connect and advance their academic writing? Or do you just need large uninterrupted blocks of time for yourself to write?
At our writing meet-ups, we aim to create a social and collaborative space for your writing processes. We help you find writing buddies and form your writing groups; we also introduce strategies and approaches (such as the Pomodoro Technique) to assisting in your writing process, enhancing your research skills, using productivity tools, and much more.
Register here and join us.
Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Lin Jung-Hsien
This month, we are also excited to welcome a special guest speaker:Dr. Jung-Hsien Lin, Lecturer ofProgram in Global Languages & Culturesand Director ofIntercultural Communication (VR) Lab at University of California, Irvine. Dr. Lin will lead a workshop on embodied writing, multilingual voice, and the possibilities of virtual space.
What does it mean to write from the body, through emotion, or across languages? In academic spaces, writing is often framed as a rational and structured process. Yet for many of us—especially those navigating multilingual or multicultural contexts—writing is also shaped by memory, identity, and feeling.
This session invites graduate students to slow down and reflect on the emotional and embodied dimensions of writing. Together, we will explore what it means to approach writing not just as a product, but as a process rooted in where we come from, how we think and feel, and what languages or stories we carry with us. We will consider how tools such as virtual reality and multimodal composition, when used with care, can help surface reflection, expand voice, and create space for complexity in our writing lives.
Drawing on her background in French, English, Cultural Studies, and Psychoanalysis, as well as experience supporting graduate writers and teaching with VR, Dr. Lin will share examples and approaches that invite us to rethink what writing can do, and how we might listen more closely to the emotional and cultural labor we bring to it.
No technical experience is required. This is a space for reflection, curiosity, and exploration, open to graduate students from all disciplines.
RSVP online now for the attending the event on April 27.
9:00 - 10:00 AM Arriving and individualWriting Time
10:00 -11:45 AM Workshop by Dr. Lin Jung-Hsien:
What Does Technology Have to Do with Id? Writing as Embodied Experience in a Multilingual World
11:50-12:50 PM Sharing & Lunch at the Ullman Dining Buffet
1:00- 1:50 PM Writing Time (and individual consultation)
1:50-2:00 PM Closing, Sharing
2:00-3:00 PM Optional Individual Writing Time
