How and Why to use Active Voice in Social Science Writing

Image by Andrew Toskin What is passive voice? Passive voice is a grammatical construction where the subject receives the action rather than performing it. In other words, it puts the thing that is being done before the thing that is doing it (such as this sentence). Active voice is when the author starts the sentenceContinueContinue reading “How and Why to use Active Voice in Social Science Writing”

Happy Academic Coaching Client

Image: Smiling cartoon face with blue eyes Recently I coached a young scholar who needed some help with research, and they gave me their permission to post their sweet note of thanks 🙂 **************************************************** Dr. Sheff gave me clear, pragmatic next steps on how to get my project to the place I want it toContinueContinue reading “Happy Academic Coaching Client”

Dr. Eli Sheff at Polyamory Symposium Vienna June 7

I have had the pleasure to work with doctoral candidate Stefan Ossman on his dissertation about polyamory in the media, and I look forward to discussing his findings at the Symposium

Another Satisfied Coaching Client!

One of my academic coaching clients wrote this lovely testimonial: *******************************************************   Dr. Eli Sheff provided very thorough and high caliber quality services to my dissertation writing project. She is highly conversant with not only rigorous academic writing process, but also with multidisciplinary academic literature. Her scholarly advice was both empirically-based and theoretically supported, andContinueContinue reading “Another Satisfied Coaching Client!”

8 Minutes with Dr. Eli on Empire Radio Show on Coaching

In a new interview with Empire Broadcasting Group’s radio show, the host asks about my coaching practice. We talk about both academic and relationship coaching. https://empireradionow.com/elisabeth-sheff-3-22-17-consultant/