Writing for academic publication: An on-line workshop - 7th November 2024

This workshop / working bee is designed for senior  practitioners, students, early career academics or  anyone keen to write for academic publication.  The  interactive session will have several parts:  

• Identifying what might be suitable for publication - bring  your article ideas/ thesis or  potentially suitable essays. 
• Finding appropriate journals to submit your article too 
• Structuring articles, writing abstracts, identifying key  words 
• Developing an achievable writing plan 
• Overview of what to expect from the review process 

Participants will leave:  clear on their next steps in  relation to academic  publishing,  completed abstract(s),  a list of planned publications, more confident to put pen to  paper, demystifying publishing and useful networking with like minded people. 

The facilitator Heather Came is a seventh generation Pākehā New Zealander. She has worked for  30 years in public health and has a long involvement in social justice activism.  She is a prolific academic writer with over 55 peer reviewed journal articles in the  last ten years. She has an H-index of 23 and over 1880 citations of her work. She is  an Adjunct Professor at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University and runs a racial  justice focused consultancy - Heather Came & Associates.   Heather is a founding member and co-chair of STIR: Stop Institutional Racism, the Radical Sewing Circle and  a member of Tāmaki Tiriti Workers. She is the 2021 Kāhui Hauora Tūmatanui Public  Health Champion recognising her lifetime contribution to public health. In 2022 she  was made a Member  of the Order of New Zealand for her contributions to Māori,  health and education.  She has prepared evidence for the WAI 2575 health kaupapa Waitangi Tribunal  claims and has led shadow reports to various United Nations human rights  committees. In 2022 she won the AUT  Vice Chancellors Individual Teaching Excellence Award. Her research focuses on  critical policy analysis, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, anti-racism and institutional racism in  health sector

Testimonials

I enjoyed working on actual writing with peers at the same level as me but also with mentors. Very valuable.  The exercises with the groups, getting feedback from different people from different backgrounds to me.  Hearing great tips for writing and getting into that space of writing. 

 “Heather's engaging and supportive teaching style kept me engaged and involved during the one-day online  course. That is no small task! I learnt a lot from Heather who is a very generous and knowledgeable educator  and scholar. And of course, her humour and relatability made the course really enjoyable”. Dr Vicky Kerrigan –  Charles Darwin University.  

“The writing for publication workshop gave me the confidence to submit work, get published and helped me to  find my writing voice. I highly recommend it to anyone who needs to share their research and ideas“. Bee  Westenra – Whitireia New Zealand