Sociology Graduate Student Professional Development Workshop
Friday, April 18, 2014 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM EDT
Commerce Building, CSSR, Conference Room, Third Floor
Please join us for an all-day
Professional Development Workshop
Sociology graduate students and graduate alumni
9:00-9:15: Welcome and opening remarks
9:15- 10:30: Session I: Teaching in Early Career
Panelists: Perry Threlfall, doctoral student; Shannon Davis, Associate Professor; Sociology, Amy Best, Professor, Sociology
10:45-12:00: Session II: From Journals to Blogs: Types of Publishing
Panelists: Jim Witte, Professor, Sociology; Josh Tuttle, doctoral student; Randy Lynn, doctoral student; John Dale, Associate Professor, Sociology
12:00-1:00: Lunch
1:00-2:20: Session II: Work in Graduate School: Strategizing and structuring time in graduate school
Panelists: Sara Moore, Assistant Professor, Salem State University; Naliyah Kaya, doctoral student and Coordinator for Multicultural Student Involvement and Community Advocacy, University of Maryland; Katie Kerstetter, doctoral student; Marisa Allison, doctoral student and Assistant Director of Research, New Faculty Majority Foundation
2:30-3:45: Session IV: Getting the Job: Early Occupational Pathways after graduate school: post docs, academic positions in early career, and work in applied fields.
Panelists: Shannon Davis, Associate Professor, Sociology; Jaeeun Kim, Assistant Professor, Sociology; Sara Moore, Assistant Professor, Salem State University
3:45-4:15: Workshop closing remarks and participant feedback
April 18, 2014
Commerce Building, 3rd floor, room 3006
(If you are able to attend lunch please RSVP to jdale@gmu.edu by April 15) .
