The list below contains a list of department workshops organized by graduate students (Graduate Representatives from the department and/or PLACE Lab). Organizers solicited information from the graduate body concerning preferences of professional development topics, and then organized workshops featuring faculty from the department. Any graduate student is welcome to organize and/or conduct a workshop at any point. If you have ideas for professional development workshops, please communicate them to the current Graduate Representatives.
SPRING 2018
01/23: Navigating fieldwork (Jamie Peeler, Jenna Christian, Eden Kinkaid, Aparna Parikh)
02/20: Work-life balance (Erica Smithwick, Chris Fowler)
02/22: Using Effective and Efficient Grading to Communicate and to Teach (Michael Murphy, Chas Brua – Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence)
03/29: Writing a successful research grant proposal (Guido Cervone, Chris Fowler, Brian King)
FALL 2017
09/28: Non-academic streams (Kimberley Thomas, Bronwen Powell)
10/26: Gaining technical skills (Anthony Robinson, Russell Hedberg)
11/16: Getting the most out of UROC (Grad students)
11/29: Academic interviews (Brian King, Erica Smithwick)
SPRING 2017
01/20: Institutional Perspectives & AAG (Derek Alderman)
01/27: Women in the Field (Lynn Staeheli)
02/16: Micro-aggression workshop II (Eden Kinkaid)
04/13: Collaboration (Anthony Bebbington)
FALL 2016
09/26: Job Applications (James McCarthy – Clark)
09/30: Strategizing for Conferences (Jenn Baka, Guido Cervone)
10/27: Feedback for peers (Brian King)
11/10: Microaggression workshop (Lorraine Dowler, Josh Inwood)
SPRING 2016
01/22: Navigating the Publication Process (Roger Downs, Stephen Matthews)
02/12: Interdisciplinary Research (Chris Fowler, Anthony Robinson)
02/26: CV Workshop (Andrew Carleton, Cindy Brewer)
03/18: Job Search (Alan MacEachren, Rob Crane)
04/29: Researcher-Community Relationships (Jia Ching Chen, Mike Levien – JHU)