Upcoming Grad School Workshops
Post date: Oct 28, 2014 5:21:7 PM
Title: Navigating the PhD: Managing Time and Academic Relationships
Date: 11/14/2014 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Description: In this 3-hour workshop, plans for time management and working with others will be the main focus. Participants will create academic timelines for their PhD work at MSU and discuss technologies and habits that can help them stay on task. Participants will also discuss how to manage the stress that often pervades the life of PhD students and share strategies for overcoming writer's block and procrastination. Additionally, discussion about selecting and working with committees will provide a space for sharing about and learning how to communicate with faculty members about participants' research and writing. This workshop is better suited to students in the first 2 or 3 years of PhD work.
Location: Chittenden Hall, 466 W. Circle Dr., 1st Floor, Workshop Room
Title: Navigating the PhD: Writing Processes and Strategies for Academic Writing
Date: 11/14/2014 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Description: In this 3-hour workshop, the focus will be on writing processes and practices. The PhD programs at MSU require written comprehensive exams, dissertation proposals, and dissertations. In the workshop, participants will explore and share their current writing practices and be given practical writing and revision strategies. The latter half of the workshop will focus on developing a plan for approaching comprehensive exams or the dissertation (depending on the student's current needs). Such a plan will help students develop goals, ask questions, and address writing strengths and limitations to successfully complete their degrees. This workshop is better suited for students who are working on their dissertations or preparing for comprehensive exams.
Presenter: Phil Bratta
Location: Chittenden Hall, 466 W. Circle Dr., 1st Floor, Workshop Room
Title: "Alt-Ac" and "Post-Ac" Careers in the Humanities: Navigating a Shifting Landscape
Date: 11/18/2014 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Description: "Alternative-academic" and "post-academic" career trajectories have lately become the topic of a significant amount of institutional academic discourse. This session will provide a foundational guide to the current discussions regarding careers for humanists working outside of the professoriate. Session participants can expect to gain a practical understanding of the rhetoric regarding alternative vocations and the development of expanded/updated professional development practices. We'll explore a broad range of potential career options and discuss steps graduate students in the Humanities and the Humanistic Social Sciences can take –– while still engaged in their doctoral training –– to maximize their post degree career.
Before attending the workshop, please review the following two documents:
1) the MLA Task Force Report on Doctoral Study in Modern Language and Literature (http://www.mla.org/pdf/taskforcedocstudy2014.pdf) and
2) “What People Are Saying About That MLA Report on the Ph.D.” in Chronicle Vitae (https://chroniclevitae.com/news/538-what-people-are-saying-about-that-mla-report-on-the-ph-d)
Presenter: Dr. Kristy Rawson (http://kannrawson.tumblr.com/)
Location: Chittenden Hall, 466 W. Circle Dr., 1st Floor, Workshop Room.