Seeking, Integrating, and Responding to Feedback: A User's Guide

Hosted on Feb 10, 2021. Facilitated by Elise Woodard & Josh Hunt

TL;DR:

1. (a) Seek feedback regularly, (b) make plans to integrate it, and (c) then execute said plan
   1. Complete (b) as soon as possible after (a)
   2. Timing of (c) is less important as long as you leave yourself enough bread crumbs
2. Have an organizational system for keeping track of feedback and to do's!!!
   1. example: Feedback Example

I. Seeking Feedback

Why?

• Greatly improves your work
  • Writing is mostly revising!
• Basically outsources much of the work
• Gives you food for thought for other (potential) projects
• Sometimes helps you with literature references

Where/From Whom?

• Advisors! Your committee!
  • Don't be afraid to send your committee members new/revised drafts of the 'same' paper.
  • Note: it's OK to ask for written feedback! One grad student reports receiving written comments and then meeting to discuss it and try out responses.
• Work-In-Progress Groups
  • Ex: Dissertation seminar; Grad Student Working Group; Epistemology Working Group; RIW's; Writing Exchange
  • If there's not a working group in your area, you may consider starting one.
    • Pro tip: Try to get faculty in your area on board, and it becomes an easy way to get feedback from your committee members as well!
• Conferences (specialist vs. generalist; grad vs. open)
  • Feedback will include Q&A and potentially verbal comments (e.g. APA)