Academic support

Student Writing Support

Visit Student Writing Support for free face-to-face and online writing consultations for all University of Minnesota graduate students at all stages of the writing process.

A writing consultation is a 40-minute conversation between a writer and a consultant. Together, they set the agenda for the session based on the writer’s goals and concerns, read and discuss the work in progress, and collaborate to reach the writer’s goals. Consultants work with writers at any stage of the writer’s process, such as brainstorming and organizing ideas, developing a thesis statement or line of argument, creating cohesive paragraphs, revising sentences, and documenting sources. A consultation is often focused on a specific assignment or writing task, with the goal of supporting writers as they develop more effective and productive writing strategies to apply to future writing projects.

Statistical Support

Statistics and Data Science help and collaboration are available at the Statistical Consulting Center.

Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI) also provides free research and stats support to students.

Subject Librarian and Department Liaison

Scott Marsalis is the contact person for students, faculty and staff looking for information to support their research and teaching.