Publishing, Promoting Your Research, and Building Your Reputation
This advisory service is available without charge to all UA faculty, regardless of discipline, status, or rank. For more information, contact Melody Herr ( herr@uark.edu) at the Office of Scholarly Communications, University Libraries.
The Basic Package – Publishing Books and Journal Articles
- Identifying suitable book publishers and journals
- Preparing book proposals or articles
- Walking through the publishing process – submitting the proposal or article, undergoing peer review, revising the manuscript, writing a response to reviews, negotiating a publishing agreement
The Enhanced Package – Building a Professional Reputation
Create a flexible, personalized strategic plan for building a professional reputation. This service includes the basic package but the scope expands beyond immediate project to long-term goals.
- Identifying long-term career goals
- Identifying both core and peripheral audiences as well as venues for reaching them
- Cultivating opportunities to disseminate research and scholarship through blogs, webinars, conferences, local presentations; collaborating with University Relations
- Promoting achievements by submitting work for awards, posting to social media, winning recognition from prestigious societies