77.048 - Writing Development Across the Researcher's Career: From First-Year Ph.D. Researcher to Experienced Principal Investigator

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium explores the evolution of writing in relation to the researcher’s career, from the beginning of doctoral work through submitting grants as a PI. The three papers focus on writing development and writing conceptions to show how forms of writing and the researcher’s relationship with writing changes as the researcher progresses in academia. The results highlight the role of individual experience, agency, and perceptions of writing. Together, these papers contribute a rich portrait of writing development during the researcher’s career, including the challenges encountered and strategies utilized to navigate the often complex research writing process.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Graduate and Postdoctoral Education across the Disciplines

Chair

• Lynn McAlpine, McGill University

Papers

• Constructing Academic Identity Through the Writing Process: Doctoral Writing, Feedback, and Agency - Montserrat Castello, Universitat Ramon Llull; Lynn McAlpine, McGill University; Kelsey Inouye, University of Oxford

• "It's Like Having Lots of Bricks": Doctoral Students' Research Perceptions and Writing Development - Montserrat Castello, Universitat Ramon Llull; Anna Sala-Bubaré, Ramon Llull University

• Shaping Grant Proposal Success: Commonality and Individuality in the Approaches of Experienced Principal Investigators - Larissa Yousoubova, McGill University; Lynn McAlpine, McGill University

Discussant

• Anthony W. Pare, McGill University