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| Aug 26|| [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 26|| [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 2||[http://bryology.uconn.edu Bernard Goffinet], [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Kurt_Schwenk Kurt Schwenk] || What is a dissertation/thesis? || || | + | | Sept 2||[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 9||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/yuan/index.html Yaowu Yuan], [http://www.tapeworms.uconn.edu Janine Caira] || Formulating good scientific questions || || | | Sept 9||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/yuan/index.html Yaowu Yuan], [http://www.tapeworms.uconn.edu Janine Caira] || Formulating good scientific questions || || |
Revision as of 21:54, 2 September 2014
EEB 5894 Section 003 (Planning for a career in EEB) - FALL 2014
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 present each week to discuss a given topic. This is a new course and we seek input on what topics we should include.
Meeting time: Tuesdays 3:45-5
Location: Bamford Room (Torrey 171B)
Course coordinators: Elizabeth Jockusch, Chris Elphick
Tentative syllabus (subject to change)
Date | Presenters | Topic | Resources | Notes |
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Aug 26 | 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 2 | Bernard Goffinet, Kurt Schwenk | What is a dissertation/thesis? | NSF fellowships | |
Sept 9 | Yaowu Yuan, Janine Caira | Formulating good scientific questions | ||
Sept 16 | Carl Schlichting | University/department structure and resources; Degree ontogenies | ||
Sept 23 | Pam Diggle, Chris Elphick | Research ethics and regulations | NSF ethics training/IACUC/IRB/EH&S/BAUR/other lab safety/etc | |
Sept 30 | Eric Schultz, Mike Willig | How does research funding work | need to address both NSF/NIH and other agency/foundation sources, cover OSP etc. | |
Oct 7 | Grad panel-Jessie Rack, Lily Lewis + ?? | How to fund your graduate work | Panel discussion (NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS .....) | |
Oct 14 | Mark Urban, Louise Lewis | Communicating your work: how does publishing work | ||
Oct 21 | Morgan Tingley + ?? | Communicating your work: talks, conferences, and networking | Homework: get set up to edit in eebedia or Aurora | |
Oct 28 | Paul Lewis | Communicating your work: web sites | students should leave with an eebedia or Aurora page set up | |
Nov 4 | Margaret Rubega, Dave Wagner | Broader impacts, social media, and communication outside academia | ||
Nov 11 | Eldridge Adams + ?? | Developing as a teacher | (also discuss how TA assignments work) | |
Nov 18 | Cindi Jones, Andy Bush | Work-life balance | ||
Nov 25 | THANKSGIVING BREAK | |||
Dec 2 | Grad/postdoc panel: Geert Goemans, Kerri Mocko + ?? | Lessons I learned the hard way | Panel discussion (NEED VOLUNTEERS .....) | |
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