Beginning Wednesday, October 2, the GEA will be hosting monthly open meetings with graduate students and faculty to discuss professional development and job market preparation. We will use the first meeting to plan future workshops, brainstorming topics and issues we would like to discuss with each other and with faculty.

In past semesters, the GEA has hosted workshops assembled around specific themes: publication strategies, preparing for conference presentations, writing abstracts, assembling one’s C.V., etc. This year, these workshops will occur each month and will be open for many different topics of discussion. For example, we might discuss the hiring/job process and how/where to find out about jobs with one of the department’s newly hired professors, or plan a C.V. workshop with a faculty member who has led many of our job searches. What we envision is a meeting that will meet the needs of older students and new students alike: students further along in their careers can develop the materials and skills they need for the immediate future, while newer students can become acquainted with the rigors of the academic career.