EEB graduate student orientation seminar
EEB 5100 (Planning for a career in EEB) - FALL 2017
This 1 credit seminar course is intended to provide orientation information to incoming EEB graduate students, although it is open to other students; we strongly advise new students to take it. The course will meet for about an hour a week, with 2-3 faculty or a small panel of other EEB-connected people discussing a given topic each week.
Meeting time: Tuesdays 3:45-5
Location: Bamford Room (Torrey 171B)
Course coordinators: Elizabeth Jockusch, Chris Elphick
Grading: This course is graded on an S/U basis. Regular attendance and participation will result in a grade of S.
NOTE THAT SOME PRESENTERS, DATES, ETC. STILL NEED TO BE CONFIRMED (NOTED BELOW)
Tentative syllabus (subject to change)
Date | Presenters | Topic | Resources | Notes |
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Aug 29 | Kent Holsinger | What do you aim to accomplish in grad school (and beyond)? | Kent's presentation on career outcomes EEB graduate employment |
NSF fellowships |
Sept 5 | Carl Schlichting, Elizabeth Jockusch | University/department structure and resources; Degree ontogenies |
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Sept 12 | Louise Lewis, Holly Brown | Developing as a teacher | Louise and Holly's presentation on teaching Discussion participation rubric |
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Sept 19 | Paul Lewis | Communicating your work: web sites | ![]() |
Homework: complete your web site. |
Sept 26 | Jill Wegrzyn, Andy Bush | Work-life balance | In defense of downtime Greedy institutions, overwork, and work-life balance (Sullivan 2013) |
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Oct 3 | Grad panel: Becca Colby, Lisa Terlova, Jaleigh Pier and TBD | Courses, committees, TAing, getting started | Panel discussion: come with questions | |
Oct 10 | Janine Caira, Kurt Schwenk | Formulating good scientific questions | NEED UPDATE? Kurt and Yaowu's handout on choosing research questions |
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Oct 17 | Morgan Tingley, |
Communicating your work: conferences and publishing | Getting a speaker award How to network |
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Oct 24 | Chris Simon, Sarah Knutie |
Mentoring | Science Careers: Getting mentoring Nature: Good mentoring |
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Oct 31 | Carlos Garcia-Robledo, Manette Sandor |
How does research funding work | NEED UPDATE? |
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Nov 7 | Grad panel: Valerie Milici, Austin Spence & TBD | Getting started in research | Panel discussion: come with questions | |
Nov 14 | Alumni panel: Sacha Spector, |
Careers outside academia | Ecological careers at NGOs | Panel discussion: come with questions |
Nov 21 | THANKSGIVING BREAK | |||
Nov 28 | CONFIRM Pam Diggle, .... | Research ethics and regulations | Nature Editorial on research misconduct Biological Conservation Editorial on coauthorship |
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Dec 5 | CONFIRM Margaret Rubega, Dave Wagner | Broader impacts, social media, and communication outside academia | How Broad Are Our Broader Impacts? An Analysis How The Culture of Science Engagement is Evolving
(Read Exec Summary and 1st four pages of Intro) |
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Useful readings:
Some modest advice for graduate students: Steve Stearns and Ray Huey
The full exchange is on Ray Huey's page: http://faculty.washington.edu/hueyrb/prospective.php
Stephen Stearns's later reflections: http://stearnslab.yale.edu/designs-learning
Nature editorial on life outside of academia
Nature perspective on choosing alternative careers