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| − | | Aug 29|| [http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/holsinger.html Kent Holsinger], [http://jockusch.eeb.uconn.edu Elizabeth Jockusch] || What do you aim to accomplish in grad school (and beyond)? ||[http://gcci.uconn.edu/certificate-overview/ Graduate Certificate in College Instruction]<br>[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/b/bb/EmploymentData.pdf Employment Data]<br />[https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker GradHacker - A blog with advice on graduate school and beyond]<br />[http://dailynous.com/2014/08/21/grad-traps-guest-post-by-daniel-silvermint/ Grad Traps: Traps to avoid in graduate school, written by a philosopher, but the advice is good for everyone]|| Relate to strategies for different career paths | + | | Aug 29 |
| + | || [http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/holsinger.html Kent Holsinger], [http://jockusch.eeb.uconn.edu Elizabeth Jockusch] | ||
| + | || What do you aim to accomplish in grad school (and beyond)? | ||
| + | ||[http://gcci.uconn.edu/certificate-overview/ Graduate Certificate in College Instruction]<br>[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/b/bb/EmploymentData.pdf Employment Data]<br />[https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker GradHacker - A blog with advice on graduate school and beyond]<br />[http://dailynous.com/2014/08/21/grad-traps-guest-post-by-daniel-silvermint/ Grad Traps: Traps to avoid in graduate school, written by a philosopher, but the advice is good for everyone]|| Relate to strategies for different career paths | ||
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| − | | Sept 5||[http://bryology.uconn.edu Bernard Goffinet], [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Kurt_Schwenk Kurt Schwenk] || What is a dissertation/thesis? || [http://www.nsfgrfp.org NSF fellowships]|| | + | | Sept 5 |
| + | ||NEEDS UPDATE [http://bryology.uconn.edu Bernard Goffinet], [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Kurt_Schwenk Kurt Schwenk] | ||
| + | || What is a dissertation/thesis? | ||
| + | || [http://www.nsfgrfp.org NSF fellowships]|| | ||
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| − | | Sept 12||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/yuan/index.html Yaowu Yuan], [http://www.tapeworms.uconn.edu Janine Caira] || Formulating good scientific questions ||Alon 2009 on [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1097276509006418 choosing good scientific problems]<br> E. O. Wilson on [http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/1998/1/scientists-scholars-knaves-and-fools scientific discovery] <br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/GoodResearchQuestions.pdf}}Janine and Yaowu on good questions|| | + | | Sept 12 |
| + | ||NEEDS UPDATE [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/yuan/index.html Yaowu Yuan], [http://www.tapeworms.uconn.edu Janine Caira] | ||
| + | || Formulating good scientific questions | ||
| + | ||Alon 2009 on [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1097276509006418 choosing good scientific problems]<br> E. O. Wilson on [http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/1998/1/scientists-scholars-knaves-and-fools scientific discovery] <br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/GoodResearchQuestions.pdf}}Janine and Yaowu on good questions|| | ||
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| − | | Sept 19|| [http://plasticity.uconn.edu Carl Schlichting] || University/department structure and resources; Degree ontogenies || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/DepartmentalResources_Links.pdf}} Departmental and University Resources <br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/UniversityResources.pdf}} University Resources II <br>|| | + | | Sept 19 |
| + | || NEEDS UPDATE [http://plasticity.uconn.edu Carl Schlichting] | ||
| + | || University/department structure and resources; Degree ontogenies | ||
| + | || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/DepartmentalResources_Links.pdf}} Departmental and University Resources <br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/UniversityResources.pdf}} University Resources II <br>|| | ||
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| − | | Sept 26||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebwww/people/pamela-diggle/ Pam Diggle], [http://elphick.lab.uconn.edu Chris Elphick] || Research ethics and regulations || | + | | Sept 26 |
| + | ||NEEDS UPDATE [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebwww/people/pamela-diggle/ Pam Diggle], [http://elphick.lab.uconn.edu Chris Elphick] || Research ethics and regulations || | ||
Nature Editorial on [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7305/full/466438a.html research misconduct]<br> | Nature Editorial on [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7305/full/466438a.html research misconduct]<br> | ||
Biological Conservation Editorial on [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320714002304 coauthorship]<br> | Biological Conservation Editorial on [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320714002304 coauthorship]<br> | ||
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|| NSF ethics training/IACUC/IRB/EH&S/BAUR/other lab safety/etc | || NSF ethics training/IACUC/IRB/EH&S/BAUR/other lab safety/etc | ||
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| − | | Oct 3 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/eschultz/ Eric Schultz], [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/willig/ Mike Willig] || How does research funding work || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/d/dd/Schultz_funding_presentation.pdf}}Schultz funding presentation <br> | + | | Oct 3 |
| + | ||NEEDS UPDATE [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/eschultz/ Eric Schultz], [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/willig/ Mike Willig] || How does research funding work || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/d/dd/Schultz_funding_presentation.pdf}}Schultz funding presentation <br> | ||
{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/WilligFundingPresentation.pdf}} Willig funding presentation | {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/WilligFundingPresentation.pdf}} Willig funding presentation | ||
|| need to address both NSF/NIH and other agency/foundation sources, cover OSP etc. | || need to address both NSF/NIH and other agency/foundation sources, cover OSP etc. | ||
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| − | | Oct 10 || Grad panel-Jessie Rack, Lily Lewis, Geert Goemans, Manette Sandor || How to fund your graduate work || || Panel discussion | + | | Oct 10 |
| + | ||NEEDS UPDATE Grad panel-Jessie Rack, Lily Lewis, Geert Goemans, Manette Sandor || How to fund your graduate work || || Panel discussion | ||
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| − | | Oct 17|| [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/urban/ Mark Urban], [http://algae.eeb.uconn.edu Louise Lewis] || Communicating your work: how does publishing work || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/conservbiol/unrestricted/GradOrientationSeminar.Oct14.2014.pdf}} Louise and Mark on publishing<br> | + | | Oct 17 |
| + | || NEEDS UPDATE [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/urban/ Mark Urban], [http://algae.eeb.uconn.edu Louise Lewis] || Communicating your work: how does publishing work || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/conservbiol/unrestricted/GradOrientationSeminar.Oct14.2014.pdf}} Louise and Mark on publishing<br> | ||
[http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/Publ_Peer-Review-Booklet.pdf Guide to Peer Review (British Ecological Society)] <br> | [http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/Publ_Peer-Review-Booklet.pdf Guide to Peer Review (British Ecological Society)] <br> | ||
[http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/tools_tips/outreach/events/2009_12_07 How to Publish in Science]<br> | [http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/tools_tips/outreach/events/2009_12_07 How to Publish in Science]<br> | ||
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| − | | Oct 24|| [http://www.morgantingley.com Morgan Tingley] || Communicating your work: talks, conferences, and networking || [http://dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/advice-how-to-win-the-buell-and-braun-awards-at-the-esa-annual-meeting/ Getting a speaker award] <br> | + | | Oct 24 |
| + | || NEEDS UPDATE [http://www.morgantingley.com Morgan Tingley] || Communicating your work: talks, conferences, and networking || [http://dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/advice-how-to-win-the-buell-and-braun-awards-at-the-esa-annual-meeting/ Getting a speaker award] <br> | ||
[http://oikosjournal.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/advice-how-to-network-at-conferences/ How to network] <br> | [http://oikosjournal.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/advice-how-to-network-at-conferences/ How to network] <br> | ||
[http://oikosjournal.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/talk-and-stats-tips.pdf How to give a good talk] <br> | [http://oikosjournal.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/talk-and-stats-tips.pdf How to give a good talk] <br> | ||
|| Homework: get set up to edit in eebedia or Aurora | || Homework: get set up to edit in eebedia or Aurora | ||
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| − | | Oct 31|| [http://phylogeny.uconn.edu Paul Lewis] || Communicating your work: web sites || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/plewis/websites.pdf}} P. Lewis presentation<br><br>Example files: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/plewis/html-examples.zip html-examples.zip] || You should leave knowing more about how web sites work and what options you have for creating your own web site at UConn | + | | Oct 31 |
| + | || NEEDS UPDATE [http://phylogeny.uconn.edu Paul Lewis] || Communicating your work: web sites || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/plewis/websites.pdf}} P. Lewis presentation<br><br>Example files: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/plewis/html-examples.zip html-examples.zip] || You should leave knowing more about how web sites work and what options you have for creating your own web site at UConn | ||
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| − | | Nov 7|| [http://rubegalab.uconn.edu Margaret Rubega], [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/dwagner/ Dave Wagner] || Broader impacts, social media, and communication outside academia ||[http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/110106 How Broad Are Our Broader Impacts? An Analysis]<br> | + | | Nov 7 |
| + | ||NEEDS UPDATE [http://rubegalab.uconn.edu Margaret Rubega], [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/dwagner/ Dave Wagner] || Broader impacts, social media, and communication outside academia ||[http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/110106 How Broad Are Our Broader Impacts? An Analysis]<br> | ||
[http://static.squarespace.com/static/537e3307e4b0f243f70408ce/t/54170bb5e4b014f5fe7f2330/1410796469518/Evolving%20Culture%20of%20Science%20Engagement%20-%20Phase%201%20Report.pdf How The Culture of Science Engagement is Evolving] <br> | [http://static.squarespace.com/static/537e3307e4b0f243f70408ce/t/54170bb5e4b014f5fe7f2330/1410796469518/Evolving%20Culture%20of%20Science%20Engagement%20-%20Phase%201%20Report.pdf How The Culture of Science Engagement is Evolving] <br> | ||
Read Exec Summary and 1st four pages of Introduction<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/conservbiol/unrestricted/Broader%20Impacts.pdf}} D Wagner presentation<br> | Read Exec Summary and 1st four pages of Introduction<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/conservbiol/unrestricted/Broader%20Impacts.pdf}} D Wagner presentation<br> | ||
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| − | | Nov 14 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/adams/ Eldridge Adams] || Developing as a teacher || Reading on teaching innovations is [http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.cellbio.24.110707.175306?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dpubmed&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&journalCode=cellbio here] | + | | Nov 14 |
| + | ||NEEDS UPDATE [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/adams/ Eldridge Adams] || Developing as a teacher || Reading on teaching innovations is [http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.cellbio.24.110707.175306?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dpubmed&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&journalCode=cellbio here] | ||
{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/TA_Assignments.pdf}} How TA assignments work | {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/TA_Assignments.pdf}} How TA assignments work | ||
|| (also discuss how TA assignments work) | || (also discuss how TA assignments work) | ||
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| − | | Nov 21|| || THANKSGIVING BREAK || || | + | | Nov 21 |
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| + | || THANKSGIVING BREAK | ||
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| − | | Nov 28 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/jones/ Cindi Jones], [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Andrew_Bush Andy Bush]|| Work-life balance || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/conservbiol/unrestricted/Work_Life_Balance.pdf}} Notes and links|| | + | | Nov 28 |
| + | || NEEDS UPDATE[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/jones/ Cindi Jones], [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Andrew_Bush Andy Bush]|| Work-life balance || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/conservbiol/unrestricted/Work_Life_Balance.pdf}} Notes and links|| | ||
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| − | | Dec 5|| Grad/postdoc panel: Kerri Mocko, Matthew Aiello-Lammens, Diego Sustaita, Laura Cisneros || Lessons I learned the hard way || || Panel discussion | + | | Dec 5 |
| + | || NEEDS UPDATE Grad/postdoc panel: Kerri Mocko, Matthew Aiello-Lammens, Diego Sustaita, Laura Cisneros || Lessons I learned the hard way || || Panel discussion | ||
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Revision as of 15:19, 15 August 2017
EEB 5894 Section 003 (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.
INFORMATION BELOW STILL REQUIRES UPDATING FOR THE UPCOMING SEMESTER
Tentative syllabus (subject to change)
| Date | Presenters | Topic | Resources | Notes |
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| Aug 29 | Kent Holsinger, Elizabeth Jockusch | What do you aim to accomplish in grad school (and beyond)? | Graduate Certificate in College Instruction Employment Data GradHacker - A blog with advice on graduate school and beyond Grad Traps: Traps to avoid in graduate school, written by a philosopher, but the advice is good for everyone |
Relate to strategies for different career paths |
| Sept 5 | NEEDS UPDATE Bernard Goffinet, Kurt Schwenk | What is a dissertation/thesis? | NSF fellowships | |
| Sept 12 | NEEDS UPDATE Yaowu Yuan, Janine Caira | Formulating good scientific questions | Alon 2009 on choosing good scientific problems E. O. Wilson on scientific discovery  Janine and Yaowu on good questions |
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| Sept 19 | NEEDS UPDATE Carl Schlichting | University/department structure and resources; Degree ontogenies | Departmental and University Resources University Resources II |
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| Sept 26 | NEEDS UPDATE Pam Diggle, Chris Elphick | Research ethics and regulations |
Nature Editorial on research misconduct |
NSF ethics training/IACUC/IRB/EH&S/BAUR/other lab safety/etc |
| Oct 3 | NEEDS UPDATE Eric Schultz, Mike Willig | How does research funding work | Schultz funding presentation
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need to address both NSF/NIH and other agency/foundation sources, cover OSP etc. |
| Oct 10 | NEEDS UPDATE Grad panel-Jessie Rack, Lily Lewis, Geert Goemans, Manette Sandor | How to fund your graduate work | Panel discussion | |
| Oct 17 | NEEDS UPDATE Mark Urban, Louise Lewis | Communicating your work: how does publishing work | Louise and Mark on publishing Guide to Peer Review (British Ecological Society) |
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| Oct 24 | NEEDS UPDATE Morgan Tingley | Communicating your work: talks, conferences, and networking | Getting a speaker award |
Homework: get set up to edit in eebedia or Aurora |
| Oct 31 | NEEDS UPDATE Paul Lewis | Communicating your work: web sites | P. Lewis presentation Example files: html-examples.zip |
You should leave knowing more about how web sites work and what options you have for creating your own web site at UConn |
| Nov 7 | NEEDS UPDATE 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 |
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| Nov 14 | NEEDS UPDATE Eldridge Adams | Developing as a teacher | Reading on teaching innovations is here
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(also discuss how TA assignments work) |
| Nov 21 | THANKSGIVING BREAK | |||
| Nov 28 | NEEDS UPDATECindi Jones, Andy Bush | Work-life balance | Notes and links |
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| Dec 5 | NEEDS UPDATE Grad/postdoc panel: Kerri Mocko, Matthew Aiello-Lammens, Diego Sustaita, Laura Cisneros | Lessons I learned the hard way | Panel discussion | |
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
