PRECONFERENCE: 9th Annual Doctoral Consortium of Communication and Technology and Mobile Communication

Session Submission Type: Panel

Abstract

The consortium will bring together PhD candidates conducting research on various types of communication technologies and mobile communication to give them the opportunity to present and discuss their research in a constructive and international atmosphere. The objectives of the event are to provide feedback and advice to participating PhD candidates on their in-progress research thesis. Moreover, the Doctoral Consortium will provide the opportunity to meet experts as well as fellow PhD candidates from different backgrounds working on related topics.

During the consortium, students and faculty will be organized into small groups, determined by the thematic nature of the research. In each group, students will present their work, and receive feedback from their fellow students and faculty participants, all of whom will have read the proposals in advance of the Doctoral Consortium. Each proposal will receive detailed feedback from three faculty participants. There will be two poster sessions to allow participants from other groups to learn about and comment on the research of the PhD candidates.

In addition to the presentation and critique of proposals, there will be discussion of issues related to making the transition from graduate student to faculty member. Of course, this process differs widely across different nations and academic traditions. Bearing these differences in mind, we will discuss positioning one’s work for the job market, strategies for publication, the interviewing process and other aspects of faculty job searches. Anticipating a time when participants will have an academic position, the discussion will include issues like managing workload and working relationships, finding a work/life balance, and ways of being a successful academic.

Sub Unit

• Sponsored Sessions

Chair

• Marjolijn L. Antheunis, Tilburg University

Respondents

• Katy Elizabeth Pearce, U of Washington

• Veronika Karnowski, LMU Munich

• Klaus Bruhn Jensen, U of Copenhagen

• Benjamin H. Detenber, Nanyang Technological U

• Jordan H. Frith, U of North Texas

• Jesse Fox, Ohio State U

• Roselyn J. Lee-Won, The Ohio State U

• Rich Ling, Nanyang Technological U/Telenor

• Malcolm R. Parks, Independent Scholar

• Lidwien van de Wijngaert, Centre for Language Studies / Radboud U Nijmegen

• Mike Z. Yao, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• S. Shyam Sundar, The Pennsylvania State University