Jumpstart Your Summer: Tools for Tackling Imposter Syndrome

Michelle Thompson (Resistant Vision)

Imposter syndrome and perfectionism are increasingly understood as issues that can negatively impact academic life—what’s less talked about is how best to grapple with the ways in which they can manifest in our writing and sabotage research momentum.

This workshop offers strategies for managing these mental roadblocks. Through thought exercises and short writing prompts, as participants you will: learn tools designed to keep ‘perfectionistic’ tendencies and imposter syndrome at bay; envision next steps in your academic writing, with an eye toward a workable plan for summer research projects; and begin to tap into the truth of your writing potential.

Thompson presents a second workshop, “Find Your Purpose, Reconnect with Your Writing,” on May 6th.

Please complete this optional pre-workshop survey. All information provided will be kept confidential.

This is Part I of a two-part series. Part II is scheduled on Friday, May 6, 2022, from 9 am – 12 pm. More information about Part II may be found here.