Faculty Writing Coach
Explore three valuable types of resources designed to enhance your writing toolkit and help you in the writing process. These include Example Texts, Writing Tips and Online Resources.
Dr. Ron Martinez can offer support and guidance in key areas of the writing process. Feel free to submit a support request form, book an appointment or email at ronmartinez@ou.edu.
Also, be sure to check out our Faculty Lounge blog for up-to-date information and guidance on faculty writing.
Example Texts
Sometimes faculty may not be familiar with certain genres of academic writing. For example, if you have never written a book proposal before, you migh want some advice about what editors expect and what they look like. Such "occluded" genres are not easy to find online, and rarely formally taught. Here you can access a growing collection of such examples, many of them containing annotations and commentary from the Faculty Writing Coach, Dr. Ron Martinez.
Writing Tips
There are some elements of academic writing and publishing that can seem complicated. It is common for scholars to feel unsure about certain topics, and this can affect one's self-confidence. Some example include:
We have a Canvas course that you can access and download straightforward advice that is meant to help demystify those and many other themes.
Online Resources
While most people are aware of technology we now commonly use to carry out everyday tasks that we once did "the hard way" (e.g. GPS for driving, internet for banking, calculators for math), it seems the learning curve has been steeper for academic writers. Here are just a few examples of what tools can do today, while maintaining awareness around the critical issues of intellectual property, privacy and copyright protections:
