42.049 - You Don't Know What You Don't Know: Making the Most of Each Stage of Graduate Education

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

The purpose of this session is to facilitate roundtable discussions with leading higher education scholars on important higher education professional development topics across the three stages of graduate education including conferences, publishing, and the job market among others. The session will be organized into three roundtables with 2-3 faculty facilitators for each.

Topics to be discussed include:

Stage 1 – And So It Begins…
Academic Conferences
Coursework Organization
Starting Good Habits

Stage 2 – Coursework is Over. Now What?
Publication Process
Internships
Comprehensive Exams
Narrowing the Dissertation Topic

Stage 3 – Wrapping up the Dissertation and Heading for the Job Market
Application Process
Non-academic Career Options
Developing a Long-Term Research Agenda

Sub Unit

• Division J - Postsecondary Education

Chairs

• Karley Riffe, University of Georgia

• Meseret Hailu, University of Denver

• Ah Ra Cho, Michigan State University

• Laura Parson, Auburn University

Presenters

• Vijay Kanagala, Salem State University

• Nicholas A. Bowman, University of Iowa

• Jennifer R. Crandall, American Council on Education

• Sondra Nicole Barringer, Southern Methodist University

• Steve D. Mobley, Jr., The University of Alabama

• Keon M. McGuire, Arizona State University - Tempe