Reframing the Individual Development Plan

Jaye Sablan and Bill Mahoney describe how it can be an important tool for equity in graduate student career development.

https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2022/01/03/tool-toward-equity-graduate-student-career-development-opinion?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=8a6fc7a716-DNU_2021_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-8a6fc7a716-198619441&mc_cid=8a6fc7a716&mc_eid=32baba8e51

By Alissa Clark
Alissa Clark Graduate Student Program Director
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FROM PHD TO POLICY

A Career Path Forged by Mentors, Preparation, and a Dash of Luck by Brandon Kirk Williams

https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/october-2021/from-phd-to-policy-a-career-path-forged-by-mentors-preparation-and-a-dash-of-luck

 

By Alissa Clark
Alissa Clark Graduate Student Program Director
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Overcoming New-Job Anxiety

Diane A. Safer provides specific recommendations for both a career counselor guiding Ph.D. grads and postdocs before they start new positions as well as those trainees once they’re on the job.

https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2021/10/25/tips-career-counselors-phds-starting-new-jobs-opinion

By Alissa Clark
Alissa Clark Graduate Student Program Director
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8 Tips for Grad Students

Timur Hammond outlines some small changes you can make in how you relate to your work that might create a little more space for joy, happiness and mental health.  While this article was written to plan for 2021, it’s tips …

By Alissa Clark
Alissa Clark Graduate Student Program Director
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Think about career planning throughout grad school—not just at the very end

This article by Karen Bodewits outlines how to think about career development throughout your PhD.

https://www.science.org/content/article/think-about-career-planning-throughout-grad-school-not-just-very-end

By Alissa Clark
Alissa Clark Graduate Student Program Director
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Turning Transactional Into Transformational (opinion)

Natalie Lundsteen and Diane A. Safer outline the essentials for getting the most out of one-on-one career advising.

https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2020/11/09/how-get-most-out-one-one-career-advising-opinion

By Alissa Clark
Alissa Clark Graduate Student Program Director
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Holding Pattern

The highs and lows of halting your research during COVID-19.

https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker/holding-pattern 

By Alissa Clark
Alissa Clark Graduate Student Program Director
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5 Productivity Practices That Helped Me Finish My Dissertation

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Alissa Clark Graduate Student Program Director
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The Invisible Minority in STEM

Being a transgender scientist and trainee.

https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker/invisible-minority-stem

By Alissa Clark
Alissa Clark Graduate Student Program Director
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Increasing Career Opportunities Through Experiential Learning (opinion)

Gaeun Seo and Michael W. Zhang outline the mutual benefits for both graduate students and higher education administrators.

https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2021/10/25/tips-career-counselors-phds-starting-new-jobs-opinion

By Alissa Clark
Alissa Clark Graduate Student Program Director
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