CSU Writes is a writing facilitation program for CSU’s professional researchers and academic writers who seek to boost productivity and develop sustainable writing practices for publication, submission, and degree completion.
Upcoming CSU WRITES Events
2025-2026 marks a decade of CSU Writes supporting research writers across campus.
We are 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. Please join us on April 3 to Celebrate Research and Scholarly Writing at CSU!
What We Offer
Workshops Courses, & Events
Rotating workshops and special courses and events address the 5 areas academic writers encounter their greatest challenges:
Space, Time, Energy / Momentum, Academic Style, and Collaboration.
Retreats
Writers who attend retreats access a writing community here at CSU and tend to produce much more writing than they would on their own.
Grant Support
CSU Writes partners with resident experts to provide low-stakes grant writing support and feedback, including drop-in writing sessions, workshops, and retreats, with special emphasis on NSF Career projects.
Productivity Support
Regular drop-in writing sessions for all CSU research writers.
Dedicated writing accountability groups for faculty and grad students.
What Writers Say
Writing in Action: A Visual Archive of CSU’s Writers
Jessica Hurtado 2022
Jessica Hurtado PhD Student, Higher Education Leadership Book Chapter: “More than Marketing: Professional Development and Learning to Integrate Diversity” In book: Rethinking College Admissions (pp.133-148) Authors: Douglas H. Lee, Joanne
Rachel Pries 2024
Rachel Pries Professor, Mathematics Journal Article: The Torelli locus and Newton polygons Author: Rachel Pries Submitted to AMS Mathematical Surveys and Monographs. Abelian Varieties: Lectures from the Arizona Winter School
Ruth Alexander 2023
Ruth Alexander Professor, History Book: Democracy’s Mountain: Longs Peak and the Unfulfilled Promises of America’s National Parks Author: Ruth M. Alexander University of Oklahoma Press, 2023 Read More Online
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CSU Writes Supports Innovation
Andee Kaplan, NSF CAREER Awardee, Shares a Map for Grant-Writing Success
Grant writing excellence begins in a place few researchers expect—and many try to avoid—the realm of bad ideas and feelings of going nowhere. Dr. Andee Kaplan, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at CSU, shares her map through the messy middle of proposal writing. Through her recent accomplishments,
Catherine DiCesare Reflects on the Power of Community and Routine for Successful Solo Monograph Writing
Monograph writing is not for the faint of heart—or in the case of Dr. Catherine DiCesare, the process of writing a single-author scholarly book wasn’t for the faint of art. For this CSU Professor of Art History, monograph writing reflects both a deep commitment to her field as well as
CSU Writes Joins the Office of the Vice President for Research
We are thrilled to announce that CSU Writes is now housed within the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), marking an exciting new chapter in the program’s evolution. This move strengthens the alignment between CSU Writes’ mission to support scholarly writers across the career span and the OVPR’s
We are proud to recognize writers who have participated in CSU Writes and whose writing has been published, funded, or recognized with an award or distinction.
Dr. Hua Chen, Physics
Last fall, Assistant Professor Hua Chen received a three-year, $450,000 Early Career award from the National Science Foundation to support his theoretical work on Novel Electronic and Magnetic Dynamics and Responses in Non-collinear Magnetic Materials. Dr. Chen is inherently fascinated by the
Dr. Joseph Zadrozny, Chemistry
Dr. Joseph Zadrozny is a 2020 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program grant recipient.
In his proposal to the NSF CAREER Program titled “Robust Coherence and High Sensitivity in Metal-Ion Nuclear-Spin Qubits,” Zadrozny’s research focuses on understanding how to amplify environmental detection by the quantum states of metal-ion magnetic nuclei. This insight would be essential for the development of next-generation quantum bits or MRI sensors.
We recognize great research is great writing.
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