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If you've wanted to understand the peer review process, check out this resource.
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2017/05/17/writing-a-peer-review-is-a-structured-process-that-can-be-learned-and-improved-12-steps-to-follow/

Join FYCS as we offer congrats to Gregory Fabiano, a graduate of our Nonprofit Leadership Certificate on his new position as Development Assistant at the Columbia Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology at the Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute. https://www.columbiaeye.org/about-us/the-harkness-s-eye-institute

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Here's a timely new research publication on self-regulated learning by FYCS faculty member Dr. Jennifer Jones.

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1469787417735610

Attention:Full-time and part-time graduate students and certificate students!

Apply for an American Association of University Women (AAUW) fellowship or grant! Deadlines for 2018–19 awards are fast approaching. Share these funding opportunities with graduate students and scholars as well as the faculty and administrators who advise students.

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Here are some great writing resources courtesy of FYCS's Dr. Jennifer Jones.

Manage your time, not your energy: https://hbr.org/2007/10/manage-your-energy-not-your-time

Writer’s Diet: test on your writing style: http://writersdiet.com/test.php

BASE: test your behavioral, artisanal, social, and emotional habits: http://writersdiet.com/base.php

Goodson, P. (2016). Becoming an academic writer: 50 exercises for paced, productive, and powerful writing. Sage Publications.
• Good tips.

Graff, G., Birkenstein, C., & Durst, R. (2006). They say, I say: The moves that matter in academic writing. New York, NY: WW Norton.
• EXCELLENT for crafting academic arguments

Silva, P. J. (2015). Write it up: Practical strategies for writing and publishing journal articles. APA Life Tools.
• No nonsense advice on writing a journal article. Written by a psychologist but applicable to social scientists broadly.

Silva, P. J. (2007). How to write a lot. APA Life Tools.
• EXCELLENT basic advise on writing habits

Sword, H. (2017). Air & light & time & space: How successful academics write. Harvard University Press.
• Good read – she interviewed and/or surveyed more than 1,000 people and identified the very diverse ways academics approach writing

Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time The science of stamina has advanced to the point where individuals, teams, and whole organizations can, with some straightforward interventions, significantly increase their capacity to get things done.

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Society for Prevention Research » Call for Papers Over the last 25 years, the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) has established itself as the leading scientific organization devoted to advancing prevention science to promote health and well-being. The cornerstone of SPR’s efforts is the Annual Meeting, where the world-wide prevention science co...

2018 SRA Biennial Meeting Submission Deadline is Next Week 9/7! Program Co-Chairs Jasna Jovanovic, California Polytechnic State University and Mitchell J. Prinstein, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,...

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The UF Social Justice Summit
Gainesville, Florida; January 25-27, 2018

We’re here to change the world. To connect the dots and to open minds. Together we’ll create a society that is equitable and inclusive, where all members can be physically and psychologically safe.

Social Justice Summit – College of Education We’re here to change the world. To connect the dots and to open minds. Together we’ll create a society that is equitable and inclusive, where all members can be physically and psychologically safe.

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Happy Thanksgiving! Have a great day with family and friends!