Service Description

So you’ve gotta write a book for tenure. Your first year or so on the tenure track has flown by and now you need to get this book moving. Yeah, your grad department had a couple workshops. Maybe you even had a postdoc that had something. But when you get into the process, it’s a totally different ball game. This program is tailored for those writing a first scholarly monograph in the social sciences and humanistic social sciences, typically from a dissertation or other substantial body of work (e.g., dissertations by publication). We position books relative to dissertations and articles, work through the core challenges of argument and evidence, evaluate competing models, and strategize about publication. You will leave the First Book Jump Start program with working drafts of your core thesis, book summary, and chapter summaries, and a clear sense of direction and action plan for writing your evidence chapters. This program is designed for participants who: are in the social sciences or humanistic social sciences, have at least 3-4 substantial pieces of writing related to the topic of the new book, have previously published another solo-authored scholarly book, and can dedicate 3-4 hours a day, four to five days a week, for four weeks to this project. Package includes intake consultation, two 30 min 1:1 consultations, and feedback on a book proposal (latter two within 12 months of program conclusion). Program includes 6 workshopping activities for feedback, a 1:1 consultation in-course, and course worksheets. Postdocs are considered Faculty A. The Faculty B price tier includes anyone who meets any one of the following: personal salary over $100,000; annually replenishing research funds greater than $5,000; current NSF or other major funder support; department, school or college is providing funding for this opportunity; or tenured at a PhD-granting department or program. Anyone else is in the Faculty A tier.