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
- Advice from a Hiring Perspective – Research Intensive
- 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
- 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
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
- Advice from a Hiring Perspective – Research Intensive