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Rachael Cayley
@rachaelcayley.bsky.social
Director, Centre for Graduate Professional Development, School of Graduate Studies, U of T (she/her)
Blog: explorationsofstyle.com
Book: Thriving as a Graduate Writer (UMP, 2023) https://press.umich.edu/Books/T/Thriving-as-a-Graduate-Writer
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Having difficulties translating your scientific thinking into words and spreading your science? 🤷‍♀️

Read my blog for academic writing tips that actually help you communicate your research: https://annaclemens.com/blog/

#AcWri #PhDchat #Academia
Scientific Writing Blog - Dr Anna Clemens
Free resources to help researchers writer scientific papers faster and get them published
annaclemens.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Prepping for teaching #AmRevising to grad students. Love this bit from @rachaelcayley.bsky.social's Thriving as a Graduate Writer re "legacy texts." I had my own issue with a paragraph this summer that I'd labored over & polished, but realized no longer fit as the draft developed. Glad I let it go!
September 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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NEW BLOG: What Walter Ong Can Teach us in our Technological Moment by Jacob Davis: www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/what-wa...

Also, check out our updates, including a reminder to check out our conference recordings and register for our next Tech Talk.
August 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The @uofmpress.bsky.social Spring Sale is on now! You can take advantage of the 50% off discount by using the code "SPRING25". The sale runs until the end of May and the code works on all books, including mine: press.umich.edu/Books/T/Thri... #GradCom #AcWri #AcademicSky #PhD #ECR #Postdoc
Thriving as a Graduate Writer
Thriving as a Graduate Writer offers a comprehensive guide to the multifaceted challenges of writing in graduate school. It shows readers how to think about academic writing, how to manage an academic...
press.umich.edu
May 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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The @princetonupress.bsky.social annual 50% off sale is on and it's lowest price you'll see THE BOOK PROPOSAL BOOK all year (it's even better than my author discount or the bulk purchase discount, so stock up now for faculty & friends). Use code BLOOM50

press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
The Book Proposal Book
A step-by-step guide to crafting a compelling scholarly book proposal—and seeing your book through to successful publication
press.princeton.edu
April 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If you work in graduate communication support, you are invited to complete the 2025 Survey of Graduate Communication Support! #GradCom
Professionals in graduate communication are invited to complete the 2025 Survey of Graduate Communication Support by W 4/30. The survey will allow us to better understand services and programs that support grad students’ communication development.
Invitation to Complete the 2025 Survey of Graduate Communication Support
You are invited to complete the 2025 Survey of Graduate Communication Support by April 30, 2025. The findings of the survey will expand the groundbreaking work of Nigel Caplan and Michelle Crow in…
www.gradconsortium.org
April 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We really enjoyed this conversation about the value of sociality in graduate writing processes! #AcWri #GradCom #AcademicSky #PhDSky
March 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Excited to share a #callforabstracts for our next special issue: "Racialized Legitimacy in Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Training", with guest editors @airealejoi.bsky.social, @julieposselt.bsky.social, @romanliera.bsky.social & Lauren Irwin

www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...
Racialized Legitimacy in Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Training
This special issue emphasizes how racism and racialization are embedded in the processes used to evaluate and confer legitimacy to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.
www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Save the date! Planning Q4 (April, May, June) is happening on 21 March 2025 from 10-12 EDT/2-4 GMT. Get guided help to find and protect time for writing despite exhaustion and uncertainty. academicwritingstudio.co.uk/plan-april-m...
March 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Hi, Vox reporter here: If you've had a study section, NIH travel, or other NIH-related meeting cancelled (or not), raise your hand! Reply or DM me, and repost for visibility if you're able.

#academicsky @drugmonkey.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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If you want to read a new book coming out but don't want to buy it, a great thing you can do is ask your local library to order it. The more requests they get, the more likely they are to acquire it and then lots of people will get to read it who othewise wouldn't.
January 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Love this!
New blog post: Why I'm Saying No to Generative AI. (Does what it says on the tin.) catherinedenial.org/blog/uncateg...
Saying No to Generative AI – Cate Denial
catherinedenial.org
January 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁

We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
January 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Last call - NEW YEAR, NEW GOALS! Join me for a FREE interactive workshop on goal setting and planning for academics as we kick off the new year. Thurs 3:30 PM ET or Fri 10 AM ET (GMT-5).
https://buff.ly/425Rm9P
January 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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I’m making a comeback by explaining why I stopped blogging patthomson.net/2025/01/01/p...
Patter is back
Patter has been missing in action since the end of August. A bad case of blogging burn-out you might ask? Well, yes that’s true. I have been writing this patter thing for twelve years and I did hav…
patthomson.net
January 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Excited to get my hands on the actual book! Anyone who is involved in supporting graduate writers should find this edited collection interesting. Thanks to contributors, co-editors, and University of Michigan Press! #AcWri #GradCom #AcademicSky #PhDSky
January 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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At #shutupandwrite symposium: Colleen M discusses self-efficacy and academic writing. High writing self-efficacy would mean a graduate researcher/PhD/PGR has confidence they can write as required for that publication.
Colleen argues for self-efficacy as a proxy for the impact of SUAW. #metrics
November 21, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Excited to register for this event:
Kings Annual Research Culture Symposium - online
Join us at the Kings Annual Research Culture Symposium for a day of sharing knowledge, ideas, and inspiration!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 5:37 PM
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Hello new/old followers! Some of you may not have seen me for 18 months. Update on doings

I'm still writing about PhD related stuff on Thesiswhisperer.com

I talk about academic work, but not in a boring way with @drjd.bsky.social - On The Reg podcast. Come out monthly here onthereg.buzzsprout.com
On the reg
Inger and Jason talk about work, but you know - not in a boring way. Practical, implementable productivity hacks to help you live a more balanced life. Find us at ontheregteam.com
onthereg.buzzsprout.com
November 17, 2024 at 7:10 AM
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Tips for staying sane during academic writing! Particularly relevant during a PhD! #academicsky @academic-chatter.bsky.social
November 17, 2024 at 12:07 AM
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I guess I think about alt text quite a bit because it's part of my day job. I notice it's become a point of tension on Bluesky and hardly a day goes by now when I don't see someone complaining that they've been told off for not including it, or for doing it wrong. I'd say... 🧵
November 16, 2023 at 9:00 AM