Fall 2025 marks a decade of CSU Writes supporting research writers across campus. We are deeply grateful to the thousands of writers who have participated in CSU Writes events, supported one another, and helped build a professional research writing community of excellence at CSU.
Semester-Long Series & Special Events
FEB 2 – MAY 4 | WARP (Writing Accountability for Research Projects) | Weekly email check-ins support writing goal accountability
FEB 2 – MAY 4 | show up & write. drop-in writing sessions | Daily (times vary), see schedule here
FEB 3 – MAY 5 | sprint & write. drop-in timed writing sessions | Tuesdays, 10-11:30am (12 sessions), join sessions here
Where Will Your Writing Time Go This Semester? Create a Realistic, Sustainable, and Successful Writing Plan
JAN 26 | 2-2:50pm | Zoom
This webinar helps faculty, postdocs, and researchers take stock of where writing time actually goes and how to plan intentionally for the semester you want to create and thrive in. Participants will leave with methods and worksheets for setting priorities, estimating effort, and creating a semester plan that supports writing well and writing successes.
From Pressure to Practice: Sustainable Writing Strategies
FEB 10 | 2-2:50pm | Zoom
This webinar examines common sources of writing pressure in academic work. We will cover research-informed strategies for building sustainable practices over time that can help us address or reduce writing pressures. At the start of 2026 with all its unique “pressures,” we will pause and identify habits, structures, and expectations that support productivity without burnout this year.
Writing for Impact
FEB 17 | 2-2:50pm | Zoom
This session situates writing for impact within a changing research ecosystem informed by “expanded definitions of impact” of scholarly contribution (NASEM). Faculty will examine how their choices about audience, venue, and framing influence how research circulates, is taken up, and creates impact within and beyond traditional metrics.
The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback: Students, Colleagues, and Reviewers
FEB 24 | 2-2:50pm | Zoom
This webinar focuses on the feedback exchange as a core component of academic writing and mentoring relationships. We will explore strategies for interpreting, providing, and responding to feedback across advising, committee work, and peer review.
Writing Research with GenAI Ethically: 8 Practical (Mostly Easy) Approaches
MAR 5 | 2-2:50pm | Zoom
This session provides a structured framework for using GenAI programs ethically and transparently in research and scholarly writing. We will identify ethical pitfalls and strategic remedies. We will develop an AI-use compass to support decisions, disclosures, and skills development in alignment with disciplinary norms and institutional expectations.
