Building professional relationships is a strategic competency equally critical to success in the 21st-century academy and to postdoctoral Humanists’ careers in the non-profit sector, government, and industry and business. This workshop will explore some steps all students can take throughout their graduate career – integrated with their core academic and disciplinary pursuits – to develop this strategic competency. Topics for discussion will include networking, informational interviewing, developing a mentoring community, collaboration, and the value of immersive experiences. The strategies and tools shared here will help you be intentional about your professional development and career exploration.
Target audience: all PhD students
Panelists:
- Marques Redd, Senior Director of Graduate Advising and Engagement for the Humanities, Humanities Engage
- Abdesalam Soudi, Lecturer and Linguistic Internship and Consulting Advisor, Department of Linguistics
- Darlene Zellers, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Career Development and Director of the Office of Academic Career Development (OACD), Health Sciences