This is the second session of level 3 of PhD+ STEM Future Faculty series
In this session, learn how to analyze job descripts for STEM faculty positions and craft effective and tailored CV and cover letter.
Instructor:
Sonali Majumdar, PhD- Associate Director of Graduate Professional Development, Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs
*Registrations will close at 5 pm EST, on Monday, 9/14/20
This is the third session of Level 3 of PhD+ STEM Future Faculty
In this session, learn about the different stages in the interview process (screening and on campus interviews), and how to be well-prepared for each. Also, learn strategies to effectively negotiate offers to advance goals and meet your needs.
Instructor:
Sonali Majumdar, PhD- Associate Director of Graduate Professional Development, Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs
*Registrations will close at 5 pm EST, on Monday, 9/14/20
Doctoral education opens doors to engaging and often unexpected pathways, with opportunities for significant public impact—an essential element of reinvesting in higher education as a public good. In this joint talk, Katina Rogers and Cihan Tekay will discuss how building a university that is truly worth fighting for means thinking more expansively about what constitutes scholarly success—not only to support individual career pathways, but also to work toward greater equity and inclusion in the academy. Rogers and Tekay will talk about their individual pathways as well as their work at CUNY, including how the Futures Initiative aims to design new structures for higher education. The talk will draw on Tekay’s academic and public work, as well as Rogers’ forthcoming book, Putting the Humanities PhD to Work: Thriving in and Beyond the Academy, which explores the evolving rhetoric and practices regarding career preparation and how those changes intersect with admissions practices, scholarly reward structures, and academic labor practices—especially the increasing reliance on contingent labor.
Katina L. Rogers is Co-Director of the Futures Initiative and Director of Programs and Administration of HASTAC at The Graduate Center, City University of New York. She is joined in presenting by Cihan Tekay, a doctoral candidate in anthropology who is writing her dissertation on how people’s engagement with technology, economy and politics shape possible futures. Tekay is also a graduate fellow at the Futures Initiative.
This event is co-sponsored by PhD+ and UVA’s Scholars' Lab. To attend this event, please register.
This is Level 1 of PhD Plus Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Future Faculty module.
In this session, we will provide an overview of the Fall 2020 Future Faculty module. Specifically, we will go over the following topics in 90 minutes (3-4:30 PM) with an *optional* IDP session (4:30-5 PM) for those who would like to complete the assessment during the workshop and discuss it with the instructor and their peers. We often find immediate feedback and opportunities to ask questions to help participants make greater progress in career planning. If your schedule allows, I'd encourage you to stay for the last 30 minutes to complete your IDP with a fresh mind.
We will talk about the traditional "academic life," the landscape of the faculty job market as well as national reports on faculty placement. The discussion will help frame individuals in their respective disciplines and provide context to specific career planning and job search process. To gather information, we will talk about the various types of faculty positions, pathways to faculty jobs, institutions of higher learning (colleges & universities), and faculty expectations.
We will apply the information learned in the session to our individual career planning and specific goal-setting. As the trainees focus on setting SMART goals, we will also discuss strategies for self-care and priorities to assist the decision-making along the way.
(Optional participation after 4:30 PM) After getting information on the trends of faculty positions and institutional practices, we will spend time to complete the Individual Development Plan (IDP). The use of IDP helps us to assess our strengths and identify growth opportunities.
*** For best learning outcomes, participants are expected to participate in the discussion with a few materials to read/watch ahead of time. We will take the time to complete individual exercises as well as sharing ideas in small groups and the general session audience by leveraging virtual breakout rooms, Google Docs, and live polling. Please be prepared to reflect and share as we all bring knowledge and perspectives to better the collective workshop experience.
Yi Hao (she/her), Ph.D. - Yi is the Assistant Director of Graduate Professional Development at the University of Virginia, working on university-wide initiatives to support graduate students and postdocs in pursuing versatile career pathways. With a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration, Dr. Hao’s research focuses on adult learning, gender issues, and faculty and leadership development in two-year and four-year institutions with a focus on institutional and disciplinary contexts.
This PhD+ Data Literacy: Intro to Python series will introduce students to programming in the language. Python is a popular language widely used for data analysis and machine learning. The sessions will be taught in a "flipped classroom" manner: students will study learning materials prior to each session and come to online workshop sessions vis Zoom for questions and receive instructors’ assistance with programming projects.
We recommend registering and committing to attend all four sessions. Spots are limited.
This session will introduce Python through the Anaconda distribution from Anaconda, Inc. We will use JupyterLab as well as the Spyder Integrated Development Environment. After setting up our environment and exploring the two interfaces, we will cover the basic variables and types.
Please register by August 31 for further instructions on course materials and Zoom.
Katherine Holcomb - Computational Research Consultant
Erich Purpur - Science and Engineering Librarian
This PhD+ Data Literacy: Intro to Python series will introduce students to programming in the language. Python is a popular language widely used for data analysis and machine learning. The sessions will be taught in a "flipped classroom" manner: students will study learning materials prior to each session and come to online workshop sessions vis Zoom for questions and receive instructors’ assistance with programming projects.
We recommend registering and committing to attend all four sessions. Spots are limited.
Strings. Input and output. Dictionaries
Introduction to Python strings and dictionaries. Loops and conditionals. Simple reading and writing of data. Writing your first simple programs.
Please register by August 31 for further instructions on course materials and Zoom.
Katherine Holcomb - Computational Research Consultant
Erich Purpur - Science and Engineering Librarian
This PhD+ Data Literacy: Intro to Python series will introduce students to programming in the language. Python is a popular language widely used for data analysis and machine learning. The sessions will be taught in a "flipped classroom" manner: students will study learning materials prior to each session and come to online workshop sessions vis Zoom for questions and receive instructors’ assistance with programming projects.
We recommend registering and committing to attend all four sessions. Spots are limited.
Functions and modules. NumPy and SciPy
Writing functions and modules to organize your programs. The NumPy and SciPy packages.
Please register by August 31 for further instructions on course materials and Zoom.
Katherine Holcomb - Computational Research Consultant
Erich Purpur - Science and Engineering Librarian
This PhD+ Data Literacy: Intro to Python series will introduce students to programming in the language. Python is a popular language widely used for data analysis and machine learning. The sessions will be taught in a "flipped classroom" manner: students will study learning materials prior to each session and come to online workshop sessions vis Zoom for questions and receive instructors’ assistance with programming projects.
We recommend registering and committing to attend all four sessions. Spots are limited.
Matplotlib and Pandas
Introduction to the most popular packages for plotting and analyzing data.
Please register by August 31 for further instructions on course materials and Zoom.
Katherine Holcomb - Computational Research Consultant
Erich Purpur - Science and Engineering Librarian
This is the last session of the PhD+ Fall 2020 Foundations series.
In this session, participants will
We hope the Foundations series facilitates inter-disciplinary friendships and peer-support throughout Ph.D. and Postdoc training.
In collaboration with PhD Plus, the Graduate Consulting Club is hosting a virtual seminar series featuring current advanced degree consultants or recently applying/accepted graduate students. These seminars will cover:
Kelly is an Associate Consultant at Triangle Insights Group, a boutique life sciences consulting firm located in the Raleigh-Durham area. Kelly earned his Ph.D. from UVA’s Pathology department in 2019 before joining TIG and has spent the past year advising clients on all stages of pharmaceutical and biotechnological development. As a consultant, Kelly engages clients on a number of different issues, including portfolio prioritization, launch planning, and clinical trial design.
Read more about Kelly's career story: from Biomedical PhD to Consulting.