Year: 2015
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Transition Q & A: Pablo Dominguez Andersen
I love this story! Pablo did a history PhD and originally aimed at working as a professor. But as he finished his degree he realized he wanted to stay in Berlin, so his options were limited, academic job-wise. He’s ended up in a marvelous, exciting position, pretty unrelated to his dissertation research. What do you…
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Transition Q & A: Sara Langworthy
So what happens when you’re doing a psychology PhD and realize early on that academia isn’t for you? Well, one option is to finish and then “DO ALL THE THINGS!” What do you do now? Now I’m on team DO ALL THE THINGS. Seriously, sometimes I look at my life and think “Okay, Langworthy. Time…
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Transition Q & A updates
I reached out to people who’d contributed Q & A posts in years past, and asked them if they’d like to update us on what they’re doing. Several were eager to do so, and I gathered them in 2 blog posts so far, for University Affairs.More to come! You can read updates from Kimberley Yates,…
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Transition Q & A: John Robertson
The latest Q & A comes from a medical biophysics PhD who works as a research officer at a university-affiliated institution. Here’s how John’s story begins: What did you hope for in terms of employment as you completed your PhD? I’ve always had a very fuzzy view of the future. I knew there were lots…
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Transition Q & A: Tom Westerman
Have you ever thought of teaching high school after earning your PhD? Tom Westerman did! He realized he enjoyed teaching most of all, and has just finished up his first year as a teacher. Read his Q & A over at University Affairs. What did you hope for in terms of employment as you completed…
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Conferences are for networking
D’uh. But I didn’t fully realize this for myself until recently. Reflections on a few days at Congress. An excerpt: What’s striking for me about this experience is how little time I spent at actual conference sessions, and how much networking I did instead. During my PhD student days, going to a conference meant, well,…
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Beyond the Professoriate was a success!
Thank you to all who attended or spoke at the conference! It was a great event. More of my thoughts in my latest blog post for University Affairs.
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Beyond the Professoriate conference preview
Beyond the Professoriate is coming up soon! Maren and I are very excited and thrilled with the group we’ve gathered. Read the full preview here. An excerpt: My conference is coming up fast! Beyond the Professoriate will bring together 25 PhDs from a wide variety of disciplines – engineering to ethnomusicology, genetics to German – who…
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Transition Q & A: Raj Dhiman
So what does a guy with a PhD in bio-organic chemistry do outside the academy? Work in tech sales, of course! Well, that’s one option. Read about Raj Dhiman’s transition from science postdoc to corporate sales training manager over at my University Affairs blog. Here’s an excerpt: What do you do now? For the past…
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Transition Q & A: Viviane Callier
Viviane Callier has a PhD in biology and now works as a science writer at the US National Cancer Institute. Here how the interview begins: What did you hope for in terms of employment as you completed your PhD? When I finished my PhD, I had lined up a postdoc in the same field of…