The following schedule reflects the sessions being offered for the 2026 conference. We will conduct four sessions: a career options panel, a panel on the academic landscape, roundtables, and three job market panels, by discipline. Please register in advance of the conference.
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Alumni Hall
Registration and Breakfast
9:15 am – 9:30 am
Whittenberger Auditorium
Welcome Remarks
David Daleke, Dean of the Indiana University Bloomington Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Health Sciences
Panel 1: Career Options
9:30 am – 10:45 am Whittenberger Auditorium
- Working at a Research Intensive University
William P. Hetrick, Provost Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences - Working at a Regional University
Jamie Oslawski-Lopez, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Indiana University Kokomo - Working as a Teaching Faculty at an R1
Michael Morrone, Teaching Professor, Communication, Professional, and Computer Skills, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University FACET Director from 2016-2025 - Working in Other Roles in Academia
Trevor M Verrot, Assistant Dean for Student Development, Graduate School Bloomington
Panel 2: Perspectives on an Evolving Academic Landscape
11:00 am – 12:15 pm
Whittenberger Auditorium
- The Evolving Legislative Landscape
Koji Chavez, Assistant Professor of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences - The Evolving Funding Landscape
Michael Famiano, Director of Research and Faculty Development - The Evolving Teaching Landscape
Barbara Lehr, Lecturer, Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences - The Evolving AI Landscape
Justin Hodgson, Strategic Director of GenAI Faculty Initiatives, Associate Professor, English, College of Arts and Sciences
Lunch and Keynote Address
12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Alumni Hall
Justin R. Garcia, Ruth N. Halls Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, Executive Director of The Kinsey Institute
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)
Ellen Wu, Associate Professor, History, Associate Director, College Arts and Humanities Institute, College of Arts and Sciences - Table 2: Grants and Funding (Natural & Applied Sciences)
Michael Famiano, Director of Research and Faculty Development - Table 3: Engaging and Effective Teaching
Josh Hasler, Lecturer, Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences - Table 4: Finding the Mentorship You Need
Sean Nicholson-Crotty, Director, Graduate Mentoring Center, Professor, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs - Table 5: Writing Statements (Personal, Research, and Teaching)
Genevieve Creedon, Director, Scholarly Writing Program - Table 6: Work-Family Balance in Academia
Sylvia Martinez, Professor and Department Chair of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, School of Education - Table 7: Graduate Career Options
Katie Strauch, Associate Director, Graduate Career Services, Walter Center for Career Achievement - Table 8: Publishing and Presenting at Conferences (Social Sciences & Humanities)
Keera Allendorf, Professor of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences - Table 9: Publishing and Presenting at Conferences (Natural & Applied Sciences)
Andrea Stevens Goddard, Assistant Professor and Lee J. Suttner Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences - Table 10: Navigating Academia as International Scholars
Ala Avoyan, Associate Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences
Panel 3: 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
Allison Schnable, Paul H. O’Neill Associate Professor, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs; Affiliate Faculty, Department of Sociology, African Studies Program, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy - Advice from a Hiring Perspective – Teaching Intensive
Jay Howard, Interim Provost & Executive Vice President and Professor of Sociology, Butler University - Advice from a Recent Hire
Peter Harvey, Assistant Professor of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences - Advice from a Post-Doc
Korinthia (Kori) Nicolai, Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Research on Race & Ethnicity in Society
- Advice from a Hiring Perspective – Research Intensive
- Navigating The Job Market (Arts & Humanities)
Panel 4B – Alumni Hall- Advice from a Hiring Perspective – Research Intensive
Manuel Diaz-Campos, Professor, Spanish and Portuguese, College of Arts and Sciences - Advice from a Hiring Perspective – Teaching Intensive
Alejandro Puga, Professor of Hispanic Studies and Director of the Hispanic Studies Program, DePauw University - Advice from a Hiring Perspective – Libraries
Catherine J. Minter, Head, Arts & Humanities, Associate Librarian, IU Libraries
- Advice from a Hiring Perspective – Research Intensive
- Navigating The Job Market (Health & Natural Sciences)
Panel 4C – Georgian Room- Advice from a Hiring Perspective – Research Intensive
Clay Fuqua, Clyde Culbertson Professor, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences - Advice from a Hiring Perspective – Teaching Intensive
William S. Elliott, Jr., Professor of Geology and Associate Dean of the Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education, University of Southern Indiana - Advice from a Recent Hire
Jingyi Wang, Director, Didactic Program in Dietetics, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Public Health‐Bloomington
- Advice from a Post-Doc
Karlen Enid Correa Velez, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
- Advice from a Hiring Perspective – Research Intensive