Dear CSW Faculty Affiliates - 
 
CSW invites you to recommend UCLA doctoral students who are writing
dissertations on research related to gender, sexuality and women's
issues for the opportunity to participate in a writing retreat. The
following is the description:

As part of CSW's Graduate Student Initiative, CSW will convene a writing
retreat for UCLA doctoral students writing dissertations on research
related to gender, sexuality and women's issues. An intensive two-day
experience designed to facilitate the writing process, the CSW writing
retreat will provide a large conference room, the camaraderie of fellow
dissertators, and breakfast, lunch and snacks.  The writing retreat is
ideally suited for dissertators finishing up a chapter or the project
overall.  In order for the retreat to be effective, students should have
the research for whatever section of their dissertation they will be
working on completed.  The retreat will be devoted entirely to writing.
Similar writing retreats held at other universities have been successful
in encouraging doctoral students to make significant headway in writing
a chapter or editing parts or all of their dissertations. 

When:  Saturday, June 19, 9am-5pm and Sunday, June 20, 9am-5pm
Where: Young Research Library 
RSVP to Patricija Petrac at [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>  by Monday, May 3.  A yes RSVP affirms
participants commitment to attend the retreat in its entirety. 

All the best,

Kathleen 

Kathleen McHugh

Director, UCLA Center for the Study of Women

Professor, English and Film, Television and Digital Media