Career Corner
Career Corner is a professional development workshop series where graduate students and new faculty members can learn how to advance their academic careers, publish and market their research, improve their lesson planning and teaching skills and find out about careers outside of academia. The workshops are free and open to all Congress attendees.
Sunday, June 2
- 10:30 - 12:00: Ideas Matter: Telling your research story
- 13:00 - 14:30: Publishing and marketing your scholarly book
- 14:30 - 16:00: Teaching your first course: What to expect
Monday, June 3
- 9:00 - 10:30: You, graduate school and your career: Making the connections
- 10:30 - 12:00: Careers beyond academia
- 13:00 - 14:30: Faculty Voices Panel: So you want to be an academic
- 14:30 - 16:00: Key strategies for building an effective academic CV
Tuesday, June 4
- 9:00 - 10:30: Social media in the classroom: Blogging, Vlogging and Twitter! Oh, my!
- 10:30 - 12:00: Training the next generation in service and engaging the community
- 13:00 - 14:30: Making the most out of your research conference: An approach to networking
- 14:30 - 16:00: Enriching education by linking what you are teaching to the world of work
Wednesday, June 5
- 9:00 - 10:30: Cross-cultural competency development
- 10:30 - 12:00: Developing strong professional relationships to support your career goals
Thursday, June 6
- 9:00 - 10:30: How to write student fellowship proposals: The student and supervisor partnership
- 10:30 - 12:00: Keeping your job: Work/life balance
- 13:00 - 14:30: Publishing and marketing your scholarly book
- 14:30 - 16:00: Presenting your research at conferences or your lessons in the classroom
Friday, June 7
- 10:30 - 12:00: Faculty Voices Panel: So you want to be an academic
- 13:00 - 14:30: Institutional Frameworks that Support Learning & Teaching: The RRU Experience
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