Schedule of Events

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The following schedule reflects the sessions offered for the 2024 conference. We will conduct four sessions: a career options panel, a topical panel, roundtables, and job market panels by discipline. Please register in advance of the conference.

8:00 am – 9:15am
Frangipani Room
Registration and Breakfast

9:15 am – 9:30 am
Whittenberger Auditorium
Welcome Remarks

David Daleke, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Health Sciences; Dean of the University Graduate School Bloomington

Panel 1: Career Options

9:30 am – 10:45 am Whittenberger Auditorium

  • Working at a Research Intensive University
    Katie Siek, Professor of Informatics, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering
  • Working at a Teaching Intensive University
    Bridget Gourley, Bridget Gourley, Dean of the Faculty, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, DePauw University
  • Comparisons between Teaching and Research Focused Institutions – an R2 Perspective
    Chadwick Menning, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Ball State University
  • Working at a Research Institute
    Hank Green, Associate Professor, Applied Health Science

Panel 2: Pedagogy in the Contemporary Classroom

11:00 am – 12:15 pm
Whittenberger Auditorium

  • Maximixing University Centers and Resources
    Trevor Verrot, Assistant Dean for Student Development, IU Graduate School
  • Managing AI in the Classroom
    Eric Brinkman, PhD, (they/them), Instructional Technology Consultant, CITL
  • Creating Equitable Classrooms
    Leslie Drane, PhD, Senior Instructional Consultant, CITL
  • Strategies for Teaching Undergraduates to Write Effectively
    John Paul Kanwit, PhD, Campus Writing Program Director, CITL

Lunch and Keynote Address

12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Frangipani Room

“Countering Stereotype Threat”
Carol Hostetter, Professor and BSW Program Director, School of Social Work

Roundtable Session

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Round 1: 2:00-2:40 pm
Round 2: 2:50-3:30 pm
Georgian Room

  • Table 1: Grants and Funding (Social Sciences & Humanities)
    Jennifer C. Lee, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
  • Table 2: Grants and Funding (Natural & Applied Sciences)
    Carmen Tekwe, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, IU School of Public Health
  • Table 3: CIRTL @ IUB – Local Opportunities for Professional Development
    Da’Ja’Nay Askew, MSEd, Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning Graduate Assistant 
  • Table 4: Making the Most of Mentoring Relationships
    Sean Nicholson-Crotty, PhD, Director, Graduate Mentoring Center
  • Table 5: Writing Statements (Diversity, Personal, and Teaching)
    Koji Chavez, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
  • Table 6: Managing Mental Health Beyond Care or Counseling Referrals
    Tammi Nelson, MSW, LCSW, LCAC, Lecturer, School of Social Work
  • Table 7: Pitching Research to Multiple Publics
    Trent Ryan Deckard, Lecturer, Kelley School of Business
  • Table 8: Publishing and Presenting at Conferences (Social Sciences & Humanities)
    Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig, Provost Professor, Department of Second Language Studies
  • Table 9: Publishing and Presenting at Conferences (Natural & Applied Sciences)
    Shahzeen Attari, Professor, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
  • Table 10: Navigating Graduate School as International Students
    Khaled Elghamry, Adjunct Professor, Department of Linguistics, VP, Machine Learning and Intelligence Operations, Data Annotation Lead, JP Morgan Chase
  • Table 11: Graduate Career Coaching
    Brandi Smith, Director of Graduate Career Coaching, IU Graduate School

Panel 4: Navigating the Job Market

3:45 pm – 5:00 pm

  • Navigating The Job Market (Social Sciences)
    Panel 4A – Whittenberger Auditorium
    • Advice from a Hiring Perspective – Research Intensive
      Denvil Duncan, Associate Professor, Paul O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
    • Advice from a Hiring Perspective – Teaching Intensive
      Chadwick Menning, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Ball State University
    • Advice from a Recent Hire
      Ryan Kennedy, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
    • Advice from a Post-Doc
      Amelia Hawbaker, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, IU School of Public Health
  • Navigating The Job Market (Arts & Humanities)
    Panel 4B – Frangipani Room
    • Advice from a Hiring Perspective – Research Intensive
      Anke Birkenmaier, Professor & Department Chair, Spanish and Portuguese
    • Advice from a Hiring Perspective – Teaching Intensive
      Vivian Deno, Professor of History, Dept. of History, Anthropology, & Classics, Butler University
    • Advice from a Recent Hire
      Alyson Melzer, Assistant Professor, Classical Studies
    • Advice from a Post-Doc
      Olivia Ekeh, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society, Visiting Assistant Professor in African American and African Diaspora Studies
  • Navigating The Job Market (Health & Natural Sciences)
    Panel 4C – Georgian Room
    • Advice from a Hiring Perspective – Research Intensive
      Scott Michaels, Professor and Former Chair, Department of Biology
    • Advice from a Hiring Perspective – Teaching Intensive
      Rich Taylor, Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame
    • Advice from a Recent Hire
      Shelby Rader, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
    • Advice from a Post-Doc
      Jason Keeler, PhD, CSCS, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Kinesiology, IU School of Public Health