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Upcoming Professional Development Workshops by the Graduate School

Getting Started with Your Teaching Philosophy Statement

Thursday, October 30, 12:30-1:45 pm, ESJ 0201 | Registration

Writing a teaching philosophy statement can feel overwhelming, but this workshop will provide you with guidance. You’ll explore the purpose and qualities of an effective statement, review examples, and work through steps to draft or refine your own. Whether you’re starting from scratch or finalizing a draft, you’ll leave with a clear plan and greater confidence in articulating your teaching approach.

If you have trouble registering in Workday, please email tltc-admin@umd.edu

Ethical Concerns in Writing and Publishing with Generative AI

Thursday, October 30, 12-1:00 pm, zoom | Registration

Generative AI offers a wide range of efficiencies for writing and publishing your research, but there are also a number of ethical concerns that any scholar should consider before incorporating generative AI tools into their searching and writing practices.  Join Linda Macri Director of the Center for Writing & Oral Communication, and Michelle WIlson, Head of Open Scholarship Services, for this important conversation.

A2i Career Insights Lineup: How I Got Every Job I Really Wanted (and what you can learn from it)

Friday, October 31, 1-2:00 pm, virtual | Registration

Breaking into industry isn’t luck. It’s about knowing what you want and staying open to how it unfolds. Learn how a recent graduate student used her superpowers (curiosity, intentionality, and a willingness to learn) to create a career strategy that helped her land every job she truly wanted, and how you can apply the same approach to launch your own industry career.

Overqualified or Underqualified? Which Is It and What to Do About It

Wednesday, November 5, 12-12:45 pm, virtual | Registration

PhDs are often told by employers that they are overqualified for positions. But they’re also told that they don’t have enough experience. So, which is it?

Join the Beyond Prof team for this webinar on how to breakdown the overqualified vs. underqualified conundrum. Learn concrete strategies for overcoming this obstacle in your job search and how to communicate your value to employers.

This webinar is uniquely designed for doctoral students, PhDs, and postdocs from all academic disciplines who are wondering:

  • How should I describe my skills and experience to nonacademic employers?
  • How do I communicate the value I bring to nonacademic positions?
  • How can I prove I’m a qualified candidate when I do not have direct industry experience?

The webinar will be held via Zoom webinar and will be recorded. Advanced registration is required.

How to Job Search During Uncertain Times

Wednesday, November 19, 12-12:45 pm, virtual | Registration

The funding landscape for graduate students and PhDs in the US has changed dramatically over the last year. As policy changes continue to impact the future of higher education and academic research, many students and postdocs are feeling uncertain about their future in academia.

In this webinar, the Beyond Prof team will lay out a four-step framework to help graduate students and postdocs navigate career planning during times of change. Whether you’re exploring nonacademic career options or just looking for stability, this session will provide clarity and actionable steps to help you move forward with confidence.

This webinar is uniquely designed for doctoral students, PhDs, and postdocs from all academic disciplines who are wondering:

  • How can I assess my current situation in higher education?
  • How can I explore my nonacademic career options?
  • Why do I need to build a community to help me during these uncertain times?

U.S. Work Visa Pathways

Thursday, November 6, 12-1:00 pm, VHM 2517 | Registration

Join immigration attorney Yalda Hadavi of YH Global Immigration to learn more about the different pathways to employment available to international students in the US.  Ms. Hajavi will offer insights into navigating the legal challenges and requirements, ensuring attendees are well-prepared for their immigration journey.

2025 Northwestern Main and Advanced Causal Inference Workshops

We are excited to be holding our 14th annual workshop on Research Design for Causal Inference at Northwestern Law School in Chicago, IL. We invite you to attend.

Main Workshop: Monday – Friday, July 28 – August 1, 2025
Advanced Workshop: Sunday – Wednesday, August 3-6, 2025

What’s special about these workshops are the world-class speakers, who are experts in the topics they will discuss. See the link below for speaker details.

Target audience for the workshops: Quantitative empirical researchers (including faculty, graduate students, post-docs, and other researchers) in social science, including law, political science, economics, many business-school areas (finance, accounting, management, marketing, etc.), medicine, sociology, education, psychology, etc. –anywhere that causal inference is important.

In person-registration is limited to 125 participants for each workshop. There will also be a Zoom option, but come in person if you can; the online experience is not the same.

For information and to register: https://www.law.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/events/conferences/causalinference

Main Workshop Outline
Monday, July 28 (Donald Rubin; Harvard University)
     Introduction to Modern Methods for Causal Inference
Tuesday, July 29 (Jens Hainmueller, Stanford University)
     Matching and Reweighting Designs for “Pure” Observational Studies
Wednesday, July 30 (Jens Hainmueller, Stanford University)
     Panel Data and Difference-in-Differences
Thursday, July 31 (Heather Royer, UC Santa Barbara)
     Regression Discontinuity
Friday, August 1 Morning: (Tymon Sloczynski, Brandeis University)
     Instrumental variable methods
Friday, August 1 Afternoon: Feedback on your own research

Advanced Workshop Outline
Sunday afternoon, August 3 (optional) (Christian Hansen, Univ. of Chicago)
     Primer on machine learning approaches to prediction 
Monday, August 4:  Christian Hansen
     Applications of machine learning to causal inference
Tuesday, August 5:  Andrew Goodman-Bacon (Federal Reserve Board)
     Advanced Difference-in Differences
Wednesday, August 6:  Peter Hull (Brown University)
     Advanced Instrumental Variables

Stata and R coding:  On selected days after the lectures, we will run parallel Stata and R sessions to illustrate code for the research designs discussed in the lectures. 

Workshop Organizers
Bernie Black (Northwestern University)
Scott Cunningham (Baylor University)

Questions:  Please email Bernie Black (bblack@northwestern.edu) or Scott Cunningham (scunning@gmail.com) for questions or fee waiver requests, and Sebastian Bujak (sebastian.bujak@law.northwestern.edu) for logistics and registration questions.

Future of Families Summer Data Workshop

The 2025 Future of Families Summer Data Workshop application form is now available and is due on Monday, February 17, 2025, 11:59 PM EST. The workshop will be held in-person from Wednesday, June 11th, 2025 to Friday, June 13th, 2025. Travel and hotel costs will be covered for successful applicants. For more information or questions on the application, please email ffsummerdataworkshop@columbia.edu to be added to the contact list and notified of when the application will be published.

The workshop is designed to familiarize participants with the data available in the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) (formerly Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study), a national study following a birth cohort of (mostly) unmarried parents and their children, providing information about the capabilities, circumstances, and relationships of unwed parents, the wellbeing of their children, and the role of public policy in family and child wellbeing.

The workshop will be focused on data from the public-use Future of Families files, from the baseline through Year 22 waves. These data can be downloaded by researchers through the Princeton University Office of Population Research Data Archive. Panelists may also discuss data from the restricted-use contract files, but participants need not have the contract data to participate in the workshop. This year’s workshop will place special emphasis on wave 7 of the FFCWS, when the focal children reached age 22. 
 
Applicants must possess basic quantitative data analysis skills. About 25-30 applicants will be selected. Application deadline February 17, 2025. 

The Future of Families Summer Data Workshop is made possible by a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (2R25HD074544-06).

Preventing Climate Displacement With Community Resilience Hubs Workshop

Please join the Urban Equity Collaborative (UEC) for our Preventing Climate Displacement With Community Resilience Hubs workshop with Dennis Chestnut and Justin Lini from the Ward 7 Resilience Hub Community Coalition.

UEC is a University of Maryland initiative that employs an intersectional, multidisciplinary, and collaborative approach to community-based research. UEC hosts workshops that bring together graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, faculty, and community leaders to discuss the multiple and compounding forms of dispossession and displacement in urban neighborhoods and their acute impacts on marginalized communities.

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/KNXX8eDfDgQ9JqqV8

When: Tuesday, October 29th, 2024 from 12 – 2 pm; Light refreshments will be provided for all in-person participants

Where: Preinkert Hall, Suite 1221, 7840 Preinkert Drive College Park, MD 20740, and virtually on Zoom

Description: This workshop explains what Resilience Hubs are, where DC’s program came from, and how they can prevent climate displacement by investing in community-serving organizations to create platforms for resilience and recovery.

This workshop will be live-streamed and recorded. To ensure a comfortable and safe environment, the UEC requests that the workshop portion of the event remain intimate at a 30-person capacity.

How to Help a Friend – Lunch and Learn Workshop

How to Help a Friend l October 15th, 2-3pm l MICA Cozy Corner

Join OCRSM, CARE and One Love for a lunch and learn. The How to Help a Friend workshop will focus on how to respond and navigate supporting a friend, peer, or partner that has been impacted by sexual misconduct. In this workshop, we will discuss what to do, how to respond, and emphasize the importance of self-care. Optional registration link here.

Contact Ayanna Samuels-Francis to request any reasonable accommodations for the workshop.

CARE in Conversation: Flipping the Scripts

CARE in Conversation | October 2nd, 3:30-5pm | Health Center Rm 0141

Come to CARE in Conversation: Flipping the Scripts and enjoy coffee and donuts while we discuss ways we can build healthy dating, sexual, and platonic relationships. We’ll unpack cultural scripts related to consent, power, and sex and their impact on norms and expectations for relationships, and the ways that we can rethink those scripts.

Contact Charlotte Sheffield with any accessibility needs, or other questions. Stop by as your schedule allows; all are welcome!

Negotiation Skills for Academics Workshop

Negotiation Skills for Academics Workshop

Date and Time: Friday, September 27th, 2024 10am – 12pm
Location: 2333 Van Munching

Join faculty from BSOS, EDUC, and SPHL colleges for an interactive negotiation workshop. You’ll learn how negotiation impacts academic life, from service roles to author order and teaching responsibilities; discover effective strategies used by successful negotiators to achieve your goals while fostering positive relationships; discuss gender biases in negotiations; and learn practical techniques to prepare both strategically and emotionally for successful outcomes.

After attending this workshop, participants will be able to:

  1. Recognize the abundance of negotiable opportunities
  2. Differentiate between positions vs. interests
  3. Understand approaches that mitigate biases against women negotiators
  4. Prepare for negotiations by planning both strategically and emotionally

Rena Seltzer, author of The Coach’s Guide for Women Professors: Who Want a Successful Career and a Well-Balanced Life, has expansive experience as a coach and trainer for academics. Rena’s coaching and workshops are deeply influenced by her interest in supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion and by research in the field of positive organizational scholarship.

REGISTER HERE!

The Wellness Series | Counseling Center

University of Maryland Calendar | The Wellness Series: Skills for…

Struggling with focus? Feeling stressed about school? Want to learn how to improve your mental health and relationships? Check out the Counseling Center’s Wellness Series!

We have drop-in virtual skills sessions Tuesdays-Thursdays at 4:00 PM all semester. Students can attend any or all of our 16 different topics. No appointment necessary to join.

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