Spring 2020 PhD Pathways Career Planning and Preparation Workshops

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The Dornsife Toolkit

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PhD Pathways: Career Planning an Preparation, Fall Series

We’re pleased to announce the upcoming Fall 2018 series for the PhD Pathways:  Career Planning and Preparation.  Our first event will take place on September 11 at HSC!  We’re excited to feature events throughout the semester at HSC and UPC. 

As we get closer to Spring, we will be sending out the Spring career series.

Please forward questions or comments to Ashley Brooks at brooksas@usc.edu.

Links to register:

All campus workshops: https://bit.ly/2BpwaAQ
Online CV/Resume Critique: https://bit.ly/2OVEGcQ

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CET Future Faculty Teaching Institute

The Center for Excellence in Teaching (CET) announces the CET Future Faculty Teaching Institute, a semester-long training program that prepares graduate students, planning to pursue academic careers, with an essential background in pedagogy. Students should be enrolled in doctoral or other terminal degree programs and have some TA or teaching experience. Participants who complete the entire program (a minimum of 12 workshops) will be awarded a teaching excellence certificate and can indicate completion of the institute on their CVs. Schools should encourage their graduate students to sign up.

The CET Future Faculty Teaching Institute comprises a series of 14 hands-on, catered lunch workshops throughout the Fall 2018 semester.

The workshops are designed to provide future faculty:
• Best practices for higher ed course design
• Essential pedagogy for teaching and learning
• Strategies for developing an inclusive learning environment
• Practical techniques to enhance student learning
• Opportunities for collaborative peer review

A sampling of specific workshop topics include:
• Facilitating challenging discussions
• Incorporating strategic questioning
• Enhancing student-instructor and student-student interaction
• Designing for multimedia instruction
• Creating effective assessment practices

Gifts will be raffled off for each session.

Participants may elect to attend either the Monday (12:00-1:00) or Tuesday (12:30-1:30) cohort on the UPC campus (room TBA).

For a list of Monday and Tuesday cohort session meeting dates, and to register for the CET Future Faculty Teaching Institute, visit http://cet.usc.edu/institutes/future-faculty-teaching-institute/

Countdown to Publication Event

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National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity Spring 2017 Programming

Click here to view our full schedule and to register online.

In addition, any faculty, graduate students, or post-docs interested in registering to become NCFDD members under your Institutional Membership, please direct them to register online here.

Academic Careers Week - Sept. 26-29

More Information

Writing Your Cover Letter & CV - Monday, Sept. 26th, noon - 1:00 pm
Doheny Memorial Library (DML) 240
Putting together a cover letter and CV can be a daunting task. How will yours stand out among all the other applicants? Professor Rachel Walker from the Linguistics department and Professor Najm Meskati from the Civil and Environmental Engineering department will provide insight into what faculty look for when they review cover letters and CVs.
Lunch Provided
 
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Instant Contact: How to Shine in 1 or 2 Minutes on your Interview Day - Tuesday, Sept. 27th, 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Doheny Memorial Library (DML) 240
On your interview day you will meet many people and only have a minute or two to explain to them your academic interests. This program will allow you to practice! An overview of a typical interviewing day will be presented. Following this, you will break into small groups, where you will have a chance to explain your research interests in a short one or two minute description. The members of your small group along with a USC faculty member will provide constructive comments on your short description.
Lunch Provided

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Negotiating the Academic Job Offer - Wednesday, Sept. 28th, noon - 1:00 pm
Doheny Memorial Library (DML) 240
You’ve been made an offer! Now what? How does one go about negotiating an academic job offer? A panel including Dani Byrd, Professor of Linguistics & Executive Vice Dean of USC's Dornsife College; Andrew Goodney, Lecturer, Computer Science, Viterbi School; and Bruce Zuckerman Professor of Religion, Dornsife College will share their experiences with negotiating academic job offers.
Lunch Provided

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Drafting Your Teaching Philosophy / Research Statement - Thursday, Sept. 29th, 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Doheny Memorial Library (DML) 241
How does one go about articulating a teaching philosophy and a research statement? How are these documents used by search committees? Professor Armand Tanguay, Jr. from the Viterbi School of Engineering will share his insights on crafting these two documents. Presented by Professor Mark Schroeder, Donrsife College & Professor Sandy Sawchuk, Viterbi School
Lunch Provided

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EASC Grad Forum Series

EASC Grad Forum series returns in the 2016-17 Academic Year as part of the Graduate Professionalization Series, co-sponsored by the Center for International Studies, East Asian Studies Center and Korean Studies Institute. This academic year, we present an expanded set of topics designed to provide USC graduate students with essential professionalization tools to help them embark on their academic careers, featuring faculty speakers from various USC graduate programs. The series is open to all USC graduate students. Please see this FLYER and details listed below.

Time Management
David Kang, Director of KSI and CIS | Professor of International Relations and Business
Monday, September 26, 2016  | 12:00PM - 1:30PM | SOS B40 | RSVP

Portfolio Management
Brett Sheehan, Director of EASC | Professor of History and East Asian Languages & Cultures
Monday, October 31, 2016 | 12:00PM - 1:30PM | SOS B40 | RSVP

Care and Feeding of Faculty Advisors
Patrick James, Professor of International Relations
Akira Lippit, Vice Dean of Faculty in SCA | Professor of Cinematic Arts, Comparative Literature and East Asian Languages & Cultures
Monday, November 28, 2016 | 12:00PM - 1:30PM | SOS B40 | RSVP

Work-Life Balance
David Kang, Director of KSI and CIS | Professor of International Relations and Business
Wendy Wood, Professor of Psychology
Monday, January 30, 2017 | 12:00PM - 1:30PM | SOS B40 | RSVP

Dissertation Writing
Brett Sheehan, Director of EASC | Professor of History and East Asian Languages & Cultures
Monday, February 27, 2017 | 12:00PM - 1:30PM | SOS B40 | RSVP

Funding Applications
Carol Wise, Associate Professor of International Relations
Sonya Lee, Associate Professor of Art History, East Asian Languages & Cultures, and Religion
Monday, March 27, 2017 | 12:00PM - 1:30PM | SOS B40 | RSVP

Job Search
Erin Baggott, Assistant Professor of International Relations
Edgardo Perez Morales, Assistant Professor of History
Monday, April 24, 2017 | 12:00PM - 1:30PM | SOS B40 | RSVP

Please RSVP at least a week before each workshop, if you would like to attend. We hope to see many of you there!

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East Asian Studies Center
USC David and Dana Dornsife
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
University of Southern California
3454 Trousdale Parkway, CAS 100
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0154
Tel: 213.740.2991
www.usc.edu/easc 

[TODAY] Graduate Professionalization Seminar | Public Speaking with David Kang

Monday, March 7, 2016
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
AHN 100
Free

This professionalization seminar is designed to help graduate students learn the basics of good presentation in a variety of settings and will offer a series of tips and advice on the use of Powerpoint, effective body language, and other advice on public speaking. Light refreshments will be provided.

Open to USC graduate students. Light refreshments provided.

This talk is part of the EASC Grad Forum professionalization series and is co-sponsored by the Korean Studies Institute and the Center for International Studies.