Graduate Writing Symposium – Crafting a Compelling Teaching Philosophy
Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 1 – 2pm
This series of workshops is designed to help graduate students across disciplines develop a strong sense of genre-specific writing critical to success in academia. In the first workshop, we will cover the various uses of generative AI in graduate level writing, as well as the ethics of using AI in your academic writing. Additionally, we will cover the new graduate school AI policy for academic writing to make students aware of the official university stance—this will include how improper use of AI will be identified and what actions can be taken against students who use AI improperly in their academic work while at UI. In the second session, we will cover the basics of what a teaching statement is and how to write one. Presenters will cover how this statement should be structured and what content employers are likely to look for in your statement and how you can make your statement stand out.
