Scientific Writing

Presentations

• Writing for Success, SERCC Staff (PDF available on request: Contact us)
• Achieving Clarity in Writing, SERCC Staff (PDF available on request: Contact us)
• Writing as a Team – Editing Each Other's Work, SERCC Staff (PDF | Recording)
• How to Write an Effective Personal Statement, SERCC Staff (PDF)

AI in Scientific Writing

• Chatbots in Science
• Chatbots in Teaching
• AI - General

Development of Career Materials

• Graduate College: Grad Success Center
• Office of Faculty Affairs: Promotion and Tenure Information & College of Medicine CV Format

Journal Articles

• "The Science of Scientific Writing," Gopen & Swan, American Scientist, 1990
• "Data Visualization: A view of every Points of View column" (Presenting data effectively/good graphics), Nature Methods
• "Plain-language Summaries: How to Write an eLife Digest," eLife
• "The 1-hour workday," Science

Books

• Style: Toward Clarity & Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing), Joseph M. Williams, The University of Chicago Press, 1995
• The Sense of Style: the Thinking Person’s guide to Writing in the 21^st Century, Steven Pinker, Penguin Books, 2014

Other

• Written Communication, Video Series, Northwestern University, CLIMB Program (Collaborative Learning and Integrated Mentoring in the Biosciences)

Writing Generally

Journal Articles

• "Breaking into the Conversation: How Students Can Acquire Authority for Their Writing," Mark Gaipa, Pedagogy, Fall 2004, The Muse  
• "20 Acclaimed Authors and Their Unique Writing Rituals," MastersDegree.net, Jan. 20, 2011
• "Who, What, When, and Where of Writing Rituals," Kathleen O’Shaughnessy, Connie McDonald, Harriet Maher, Anne Dobie, The Quarterly, National Writing Project, Fall 2002

Books

• The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. & E.B. White, Allyn and Bacon, 1999
• Eats, shoots & leaves: the zero tolerance approach to punctuation, Lynne Truss, Gotham Books, 2004
• Grammar Troublespots: A Guide for Student Writers, Anne Reimes, Cambridge University Press, 2004