How to do An Effective Peer Review: A PDW for Early Career Researchers
When: Friday August 4th
Venue: Hynes 204
Time: 2:00-4:30
Facilitators: Gloria Barczak and Abbie Griffin
Peer reviewing is an essential component of the academic research process. As noted by Tsang (2013), "A competent, well-crafted review provides constructive comments that help authors to strengthen their paper, regardless of whether the paper is eventually accepted for publication" (Tsang, 2013, p. 168). Unfortunately, most PhD students and junior faculty have not received formal training in how to do an effective peer review: they learn by the trial and error of doing or by working with their advisor who is likely to be an experienced reviewer, though not necessarily a good one (Tsang and Frey, 2007; Smith, 2006). Raelin (2008) argues that more workshops on crafting peer reviews should be conducted for early-stage academics.
This workshop is designed to provide an interactive experience for early-career researchers to enhance their skill at delivering high quality, professional, and constructive reviews to academic peers. This 2.5-hour workshop will be divided into two parts. The first part will cover why reviewing is important and why high-quality reviewers are needed, the definition of a high-quality review, how reviewing benefits one's research and career, the expectations (5 R's) of high-quality reviewers, and a reviewing template to guide one's review. The second part of the workshop will focus on facilitated evaluation and discussion of a manuscript submitted for publication consideration to demonstrate the principles covered.
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Gloria Barczak
Professor Emeritus
Northeastern University
Sharon MA
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