Welcome!

We’re so glad you signed up for the Dissertation-to-Book Workshop Facilitated Cohort and we're thrilled to be working with you on your book!

We wanted to let you know a few administrative details about how we'll work. The cohort centers and expands upon exercises outlined in Chapters 1–11 of The Dissertation-to-Book Workbook. So, you'll need a copy to participate. We highly recommend you get yours directly from U Chicago Press because you can use code UCPNEW for 30% off!

Each week, we'll focus on a set of workbook chapters and ask you to work through their exercises. We'll supplement these exercises with tips, answers to FAQ, and, of course live support and coaching. To maximize the accountability dimension and to help you develop and sustain forward momentum on your big picture thinking work, we’ve designed this Teachable site to release each week’s worth of materials on Monday. So when poke around right now, you’ll only see our welcome unit. Please consider completing the intake questionnaire and introducing yourself on the “Introduce Yourself Here” discussion board.

Every week, we’ll also host two group accountability, support, and troubleshooting calls on Mondays and Wednesdays at 1pm Eastern. You do not need to have completed any work or have any questions or challenges to attend; you can also attend for camaraderie and to listen and learn. You'll find the Zoom link in the lesson with that title. Every session will be recorded and the replay posted in Teachable, typically within a few hours.

We'll also host one office hour per week on Wednesday at 8:30 Eastern. This office hour is also ideal if you're not able to make our regular Mon/Weds calls (for whatever reason), but you still want to be able to ask questions or get help.

For now, your tasks are:

• purchase a copy of The Dissertation-to-Book Workbook using code UCPNEW for 30% off (if you don't already have one)
• complete the intake questionnaire (optional but highly encouraged)
• introduce yourself on the Introduce Yourself Here discussion board (again, optional but highly recommended)
• take a peek at the Week 1 Overview Quick Preview lesson if you're so inclined

We'll be back in touch by email soon kick off the cohort work!