Saturday, February 26, 2011, Buttrick Hall, 8:15am to 1:00pm
“Career 101: Life After the Ph.D” is a workshop held for Ph.D. students who plan to pursue careers in academia and in industry. The goal of this event is to help prepare Ph.D. students for life after graduate school.
8:15-8:30 amRegistration & Light Breakfast
Buttrick Hall Atrium
8:30-9:20 am Finding and Preparing for a Faculty Job
Buttrick 204 Humanities & Graduate Department of Religion
Denise Dudzinski, Associate Professor, Department of Bioethics &
Humanities, University of Washington
Scott Hicks, Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of
North Carolina-Pembroke
Buttrick 205 Social Sciences & Education
Darcy Freedman, Assistant Professor, College of Social Work,
University of South Carolina
Douglas Gibler, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science,
University of Alabama
Buttrick 101 Natural Sciences & Engineering
Rachel Henry, Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, Division
of Rheumatology, J.W. Thomas Lab, Vanderbilt University
Jonathan Sprinkle, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, University of Arizona
9:30-10:20amAlternatives to Traditional Faculty Careers
Buttrick 204 Humanities & Graduate Department of Religion
Sarah Cunningham, Director of Arts Education, National Endowment for
the Arts
Katherine Fusco, Assistant Director, The Writing Studio
Lori Miller, Program Associate, Council on Library and Information
Resources
Buttrick 205 Social Sciences & Education
Heather Davidson, Assistant Professor, Medical Education and
Administration, Director of Program Development, Vanderbilt
Program in Interprofessional Learning
John King, Agricultural Economist, USDA Economic Research Service
Buttrick 101 Natural Sciences & Engineering
Sarah Knutson, Scientist in Biological Sciences, Epizyme Travis Smith, President of Consulting, AxHill LLC
10:20-10:30 am Break
10:30-11:40 am Building Professional Skills
Buttrick 101 Building a Professional Online Presence
Melanie Moran, Director, Office of University Web Communications Lacy Tite, Web Developer, Office of University Web Communications
Buttrick 206 Building Face-to-Face Networking Skills
Kimberly Pace, Clinical Professor, Owen Graduate School of
Management
11:40 am - 12:00 pmLunch
Buttrick Hall Atrium
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Balancing Life as Your Career Progresses
Buttrick 204 Humanities & Graduate Department of Religion
Sarah Cunningham, Director of Arts Education, National Endowment for
the Arts
Denise Dudzinski, Associate Professor, Department of Bioethics &
Humanities, University of Washington
Katherine Fusco, Assistant Director, The Writing Studio
Scott Hicks, Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of
North Carolina-Pembroke
Lori Miller, Program Associate, Council on Library and Information
Resources
Buttrick 205 Social Sciences & Education
Heather Davidson, Assistant Professor, Medical Education and
Administration, Director of Program Development, Vanderbilt
Program in Interprofessional Learning
Darcy Freedman, Assistant Professor, College of Social Work,
University of South Carolina
Douglas Gibler, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science,
University of Alabama
John King, Agricultural Economist, USDA Economic Research Services
Buttrick 101 Natural Sciences & Engineering
Rachel Henry, Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, Division
of Rheumatology, J.W. Thomas Lab, Vanderbilt University
Sarah Knutson, Scientist in Biological Sciences, Epizyme Travis Smith, President of Consulting, AxHill LLC
Jonathan Sprinkle, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, University of Arizona
Be sure to register early. Seats are limited and priority will be given to Ph.D. students, especially those who plan to graduate in 2011. Students must be registered and receive confirmation no later than February 23, 2011.
This event is sponsored by the Enhancing Graduate Education Initiative in the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Dean of the Graduate School.
