Preconference: Organizational Communication Division Doctoral Consortium: Your Academic Career in a Globalized World

Session Submission Type: Panel

Abstract

This full-day workshop brings together doctoral students and faculty to examine contemporary issues related to the development of our next generation of scholars. As we try to further increase the international profile of ICA and our division, it is appropriate to discuss what the international character of the academic world means for one’s career (or academic life span). This preconference will use a diverse set of faculty mentors to help advanced doctoral students discuss the differences and similarities between different countries in terms of structures, requirements, cultures and habits in the academic world. The discussion will specifically focus on what these differences mean for collaborations with researchers from other countries, as well as the implications for establishing an academic career outside of the country of origin. These subjects, and others, will also be part of a discussion of, and feedback on, students’ dissertation work. An explicit goal is also to advice students on their career trajectory in this international setting.

We are grateful to VU University Amsterdam / KIN Research Group for their generous sponsorship of this event.

Sub Unit

• Sponsored Sessions

Participants

• Boris H. J. M. Brummans, University of Montreal

• Janet Fulk, U of Southern California

• Rebecca Gill, Massey U

• Dennis K. Mumby, U of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

• Amanda J. Porter, VU U Amsterdam

• Ronald E. Rice, U of California - Santa Barbara

• Keri Keilberg Stephens, U of Texas - Austin

• Katie R. Sullivan, U of Utah

• Consuelo Vasquez, U of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM)

• Y. Connie Yuan, Cornell U