PhD+ AHSS Future Faculty: Scholarship and Service

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This is part of Level 2: Skills Training of PhD Plus Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Future Faculty module.

In this session, we will have UVA alum, Ph.D.'15, Dr. Laura Alexander, Assistant Professor to share her thoughts on developing one's scholarship and service. The session would be of particular interest to those conducting or planning to engage in community-based research. After addressing these aspects, you will get a chance to ask your questions. 

  • What is considered as “service” to faculty? Why should applicants/aspiring faculty think about service? 
  • What can Ph.D. students and Postdocs list as “service”? What role does “service” play in CV and cover letter? 
  • How should applicants talk about their services to reflect on their knowledge of the hiring institutions & departments?
  • How do you think about service in relation to your research and teaching? We see an increasing emphasis on community-based research or community engagement, particularly in public universities. What’s the difference?
  • For those who are doing or interested in community-based research, how can they talk about their research/scholarship impact to demonstrate their influence and visibility in ways beyond traditional measures of research (i.e., peer-reviewed articles and presentations)?

Speaker

Laura Alexander, Ph.D.'15, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Nebraska at Omaha 

Dr. Laura Alexander is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, with a specialty in Religion and Human Rights. She is the first recipient of the Goldstein Family Community Chair in Human Rights at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Dr. Alexander received her Ph.D. in Religious Ethics from the University of Virginia and her M.Div. and B.A. degrees from the University of Chicago. Prior to earning her graduate degrees, she participated in two year-long service programs, teaching English in a small community in Thailand and working in refugee services in Minneapolis, MN. In addition to religion and human rights, her areas of research and teaching include comparative religious ethics, religion and immigration, and religious thinking about just war and national sovereignty, especially in relation to the idea of Responsibility to Protect.

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