Disciplinary Writing Guides

The HWP's guides to writing in the disciplines aim to introduce students to some of the basic practices and conventions of writing and conducting research in the various academic disciplines.

 

Writing for Psychology: A Guide for Psychology Concentrators

Authors: Shelley H. Carson, Jeanne Fama, Kate Clancy, Jeffrey Ebert, and Adrienne Tierney

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See also The Brief Guide to Writing the Psychology Paper

 

 

 

How to Do Things With Pictures: A Guide to Writing in Art History

Author: Andrei Pop

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A Student's Guide to Reading and Writing in Social Anthropology

Authors: Smita Lahiri, Lilith Mahmud, and James Herron

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A Student's Guide to Writing in East Asian Studies

Author: Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University

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A Student's Guide to Writing in the Life Sciences

Authors: James Morris, Tom Jehn, Cheryl Vaughan, Erica Pantages, Tom Torello, Miriam Bucheli, David Lohman, and Robert Lue

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A Guide to Philosophical Writing

Author: Elijah Chudnoff

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A Student's Guide to Performance Studies

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A Guide to Writing in Religious Studies

Authors: Faye Halpern, Thomas A. Lewis, Anne Monius, Rober Orse, and Christopher White

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Writing Economics

Authors: Robert Neugeboren with Mireille Jacobson 

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A Guide to Writing a Senior Thesis in History and Literature

Author: Andrew J. Romig 

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A Guide to Writing a Senior Thesis in Sociology

Author: Department of Sociology, Harvard University

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A Guide to Writing a Senior Thesis in Government

Author: Department of Government, Harvard University

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A Guide to Writing a Senior Thesis in Social Studies

Author: Nicole Newendorp

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A Guide to Researching and Writing a Senior Thesis in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Authors: Rebecca Wingfield, Sarah Carter, Elena Marx, and Phyllis Thompson

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A Handbook for Senior Thesis Writers in History

Author: Department of History, Harvard University

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See also The Brief Guide to Writing the History Paper

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