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Organizing & Supporting Junior Scholar Virtual Workshops

Sat, October 2, 10:00 to 11:30am PDT (10:00 to 11:30am PDT), TBA

Session Submission Type: TLC Virtual Workshop

Session Description

This workshop aims to provide an overview of the best practices for implementing junior scholar virtual workshops. Junior scholar organizers of the Graduate Student International Political Economy workshop (GSIPE), Graduate Students in International Security ETC workshop (GSISE), Junior Americanist Workshop Series (JAWS), Gender and Political Participation (GPP) Working Group, and Workshop on the Political Economy of South Asia (WPESA) offer advice from experience running workshops organized for and by junior scholars across sub-disciplines in political science.

We discuss four main issues in running online workshops:

Representation: how can junior scholar workshops create inclusive, diverse, and equitable spaces for junior scholars? Enhancing opportunities for under-represented groups in political science requires attention to the structure / marketing / conduct of the workshop.
We offer insights into how diversity and inclusion initiatives play out in the practice of these workshops and provide concrete steps individuals can take to improve access and support for URM scholars.
We also discuss how inclusion in virtual workshops must address differences in time zones, institutional support, stages of junior scholar progress, and care obligations.
Logistics: how does one organize a virtual workshop? What are the tangible activities that must be undertaken to produce a workshop? We outline the necessary steps for the establishment of online junior scholar workshops. We also walk through the justification for online workshops as a form of junior scholar support: given the goals of an individual or group of junior scholars, is an online workshop best suited to meet these objectives? What other organizational forms might meet demand for junior scholar support?
Institutional support: how can institutions such as universities, professional associations, and conferences contribute to the success of virtual junior scholar workshops? The organization of online workshops is not a costless endeavor.
What role can and should senior faculty play in the workshops? We provide concrete steps that political science research and education institutions and faculty can take to support the individuals running these workshops.
We unpack the current role junior faculty play in online workshops as facilitators, mentors, and participants. How can these workshops build connections between junior scholars without placing an undue burden on junior faculty?
We also discuss how the goals of junior scholar workshops can be integrated into graduate student training programs to provide better access to professional networks of peers and faculty.
Post-COVID-19 workshops: what is the future of junior scholar workshops after the pandemic is under control? What organizational features of online workshops have utility in a post-COVID world, and what parts of these workshops prove less useful once in-person interaction is no longer deadly?
Job market candidates: how have existing junior scholar workshops supported scholars on the job market? What role can and should these workshops play in practice job talks and providing additional platforms for JMCs? What trade-offs must be considered for prioritizing presentations and workshops for JMCs over the work of more junior scholars?

We will devote one hour of the workshop to covering lessons learned from existing junior scholar virtual workshops. The remaining 30 minutes will involve participatory learning. Participants will be invited to contribute to the discussion of these issues as they are presented, and to sign up for break out rooms to discuss the topics in-depth with individual organizers.

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