Welcome to the Department of Psychology Writing Center

The psychology writing support center is a place where master's and doctoral students in the UIUC psychology department can come to receive one-on-one and also group support to help with their scientific writing

Basic (micro) Writing Skills

Advanced (macro) Writing Skills

We can help you identify recurrent grammatical and phrasing issues and aid in non-native English writers' development.
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Writing Fitness

Writing can be very hard work, and almost all scientists struggle with writing motivation at one point or another. We have some tips and tricks that could help organize your writing schedule and boost your writing motivation and productivity.

We can help you develop a clear and succinct writing style, improve organization and flow, and strengthen your arguments.

​Writing Groups

We provide writing groups based on students' needs. This may include writing support groups for grant mechanisms (e.g., NRSA, NSF, Ford Fellowship), discipline-specific awards (e.g., APA dissertation award), and more general writing fitness. 

Writing Retreats

​​ "Come for the pizza, Stay for the productivity"
The first Saturday of each month the Writing Support Center hosts Graduate Student Writing Retreats!  We provide a distraction-free environment and snacks to boost your writing motivation and productivity. Stay tuned for our emails with details.

Success as a scientist is not simply a function of the quality of the ideas we hold in our heads, or of the data we hold in our hands, but also the language we use to describe them. 
​-Josh Schimel