Graduate Writing Center

Are you new to graduate work? Is English not your first language? The New School for Social Research (NSSR) offers academic writing services for NSSR graduate students, students in the Graduate Program for International Affairs, and Media Studies students.

The Graduate Writing Center offers 40-minute individual tutoring sessions in which students can discuss: grammar, style, structure, use of quotations and references, and other scholarly issues. We also run workshops on graduate writing, revising, using outlines, and other techniques that apply to dissertations, theses, articles, grant applications and class papers. The writing counselors are advanced NSSR Ph.D. students who can help not only with graduate level academic writing, but also provide advice about academic expectations and conventions. They are trained and supervised by an NSSR faculty member.

The Graduate Writing Center is located at 65 Fifth Ave., Room 376A.

How to Make an Appointment

To make an appointment at the GraduateWritingCenter you must have a New School Webmail email account. Before making your first appointment, you must log into the GraduateWritingCenter Calendar by proxy. Logging into the calendar by proxy will give you access to the GraduateWritingCenter calendar, schedule, and open appointments. To log into the calendar, follow Step A.

Step A) How to Log into the GraduateWritingCenter Calendar by Proxy:

1. Click Proxy in your New School email account. A new window should open.
2. Type: GraduateWritingCenter in Login box.
3. Click Login. The GraduateWritingCenter account should open in the new window.
4. In this window click Calendar Tab to view GraduateWritingCenter Calendar.

Now that you have logged into the GraduateWritingCenter by Proxy, whenever you open the proxy window, you will see GraduateWritingCenter as an option. By clicking on the GraduateWritingCenter in the Proxy window, you will be able to view the Writing Center’s calendar and the available appointments. You will have view only access to the calendar. To make an appointment you must check the GraduateWritingCenter calendar for open appointments, and then in your own email account make an actual appointment.

Step B) How to Sign Up for an Appointment:

1. Click on Proxy in your email account. This opens a new window. (Note: If you have not signed up to view the calendar by proxy, then you will not have access to the calendar and will not be able to view the open appointments. Complete Step A above.)
2. Click on GraduateWritingCenter in the new window (Opens GraduateWritingCenter Account).
3. Click on Calendar Tab to view GraduateWritingCenter calendar.
4. Suggested: View Calendar by Month (on the right-hand side of the page) to find an open appointment. You will see the name of each tutor and the times they are scheduled in the Writing Center, e.g. Patrick (Tutor) 2-4 or Gabe (Tutor) 4-7.
5. After viewing the GraduateWritingCenter calendar and picking an open time, in your own email account you should click on the Calendar Tab to view your calendar and to make an appointment.
6. With the calendar tab open in your email, click new. This will open an appointment window. If you click on the black arrow next to new, select appointment. This too will open an appointment window.
7. Send to graduatewritingcenter@newschool.edu and to your own email address.
8. Select the date and time of the appointment.
9. Type in Subject your name and department, e.g., Gabriel Gottlieb (Philosophy).
10. Send appointment.
11. You will receive an appointment notice which you should accept and the GraduateWritingCenter will receive an appointment notice as well.
12. Check the GraduateWritingCenter Calendar to view your appointment.

How to Cancel an Appointment
1. Send an email to GraduateWritingCenter@newschool.edu letting us know the date and time of the appointment you would like to cancel.