»The Acrobatics of Academia: The Transition From Graduate Student to Professional«

Indiana Memorial Union Frangipani Room
February 15th, 2013, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm

NOTE: Registration is not required—the conference is free and open to all IU graduate students. In order to participate in the complimentary lunch you must RSVP by Monday, February 11th, to iupffc@gmail.com with your name, department, and year in your program. There is limited seating for lunch. Thank you!
8:30–9:00 Registration and Coffee
     
9:00–9:15 Welcoming Remarks
Dean James Wimbush, Dean of the University Graduate School, Indiana University
     
9:15–10:45 Panel 1: Career Options: Responsibilities and Rewards (IMU Whittenberger Auditorium)
 

Research One Universities
Brenda Weber, IUB, Department of Gender Studies

 

Small Colleges
Alicia Suarez, DePauw University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology

 

Life as a Postdoc
David Haak, IUB, Department of Biology

 

Applied Positions
Jerry Conover, Indiana Business Research Center, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

     
11:00–12:15 Panel 2: Balancing Teaching, Research, and Service
(Panel will be divided into two parallel sections: Humanities/Social Sciences and Natural Sciences)
 

Natural Sciences (IMU State Room East)

Jake McKinlay, IUB, Department of Biology

Joyce E. Patrick, DePauw University, Department of Biology

Jared Cochran, IUB, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Sharon Crary, DePauw University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry


 

Humanities & Social Sciences (IMU Whittenberger Auditorium)

Brent Harger, Albright College, Department of Sociology

Katharine Ings, Manchester University, Department of English

Jessica Calarco, IUB, Department of Sociology

Colin Johnson, IUB, Department of Gender Studies

   
12:30–1:45 Lunch, Indiana Memorial Union Frangipani Room
      Keynote Address
Dr. Larry Singell, Jr., Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University
     
2:00–3:15 Panel 3: Developing Innovative Teaching Strategies (IMU Whittenberger Auditorium)
 
Katherine Kearns, IUB, Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning

Carol Hostetter, IUB, School of Social Work

Mari Plikuhn, University of Evansville, Department of Law, Politics, and Society

Antonio de Velasco, The University of Memphis, Department of Communication

     
3:30–5:00

Panel 4: Navigating the Job Market
(Panel will be divided into two parallel sections: Humanities/Social Sciences and Natural Sciences)

 

Natural Sciences (IMU State Room East)

Chris Connell, IUB, Department of Mathematics

Frederick Pavalko, Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology

Kevin Brown, IUB, Department of Chemistry

David L. Daleke, IUB/IUPUI, Medical Sciences/Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; University Graduate School


 

Humanities & Social Sciences (IMU Whittenberger Auditorium)

Helena Goscilo, Ohio State University, Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures

Alice R. Burmeister, Winthrop University, Department of Art History

Cate Taylor, IUB, Departments of Sociology and Gender Studies

Padraic Kenney, IUB, Department of History

Valerie Grim, IUB, African American and African Diaspora Studies

Kathryn Hadley, Hanover College, Department of Sociology and Anthropology