MPC offers a variety of opportunities to refine papers and receive substantive feedback in a supportive research setting.
Paper Workshopping Groups
Paper Workshopping Groups bring together MPC faculty, staff, and postdoc members from across the disciplines to provide writing support and feedback on group members' writing. The goal of the groups is to produce high-quality population studies research papers ready for publication.
Current Groups:
Every Wednesday, 12-2, co-writing time (starting with a brief check-in on our writing progress). This will usually be in Willey 29, with a Zoom option. Occasionally, we will also use the first 45 minutes to workshop a paper in progress.
- Occasional Mondays, 9:30-11:30, paper workshopping and co-writing time. This group will only meet when someone has something they need feedback on, whether a full article draft or something at an earlier stage. We'll use about 45 minutes for workshopping and about 75 minutes for writing. In person with a Zoom option.
Want to participate in either one? Let Elizabeth Wrigley-Field (ewf@umn.edu) know, and you'll be added to calendar invites and emails.
Writing Hunker
MPC hosts Grant Writing Hunkers to provide a dedicated time and space for writing through the shared accountability of working in a group setting. See our MPC events calendar for dates and more information.
Paper Hatchling
MPC Paper Hatchling brings together a small group of faculty, research staff, and student members to assist individual members with the early stages of paper and grant design. A few members sign up to pitch a new paper idea to fellow researchers who provide feedback on project design, theoretical framing, data, and methods. Come with an idea you can briefly describe, and a group of experienced researchers will help you pinpoint gaps in the literature, design your project, operationalize variables, or locate data. Members are encouraged to sign up to present a paper idea or to listen and provide feedback on a new paper idea. This is intended to be an incubator space for new ideas, so think of it as a very safe space for rough ideas.
See our MPC events calendar for dates and more information.
One to One Writing Support
The MPC Program Development team offers one-to-one writing support for all faculty, staff, postdocs and graduate student members working on population studies-related research publications and grant proposals. Our team can provide assistance at any phase in the writing cycle, from conceiving and outlining a new paper or proposal to addressing a revise and resubmit. Need a final copy edit? We can help with that too! Please notify MPC (mpc@umn.edu) at least two weeks before your deadline if you would like to use this service. Due to volume of requests, we will prioritize those who have given us advanced notice.
To learn more about MPC writing support services, please contact mpc@umn.edu.