About this episode

The episode discusses how to turn advising ideas into published scholarship with insights from members of NACADA's Publications Advisory Board.

What does it take to turn great advising ideas into published scholarship? In this episode of The Adventures in Advising, Ryan is joined by Melissa Cumbia, Sarah Bechtel, and Alanna Bitzel —members of NACADA's Publications Advisory Board—for an honest conversation about their journeys as writers, collaborators, and contributors to the academic advising profession. Together, they explore how publishing can be more approachable than many advisors realize and why every practitioner has valuable ...

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Scheckel

Guests: Melissa Cumbia, Sarah Bechtel, Alanna Bitzel

Topics covered

• publishing
• academic advising
• scholarship
• collaboration
• writing

Keywords

• advising
• publishing
• scholarship
• NACADA
• academic writing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NACADA

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