Editing Professional Development Proseminar: Career Choices (Winter 2022) (section)

== Schedule ==

This is a one-credit course which typically maps to about 10 hours of classroom time. Because we are booked into a two-hour slot, we have some flexibility in terms of how we organize things this quarter. Unfortunately, we're missing enough Mondays this quarter that we will likely need to meet every Monday that's not a holiday athough we will likely end a week or two early. We can discuss the schedule during our first meeting.

=== January 3: Session 1: Introduction to the Class ===

:''This session will be meeting online. I've [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1515043/external_tools/95443 the Zoom room we'll be using should be linked from Canvas].''

'''Topic:''' Course overview and setting expectations

'''Assignment:''' (finish ''before'' class)

* Look over the syllabus and identify anything you think is unclear and/or any questions you have about the course.
* Do ''at least'' and interests and values assessments over on [https://www.imaginephd.com/ Imagine PhD] which is a career planning tools for the humanities and social sciences. If you have time, do the skills one too. I'm not what I think about the output of the process but I do think the opportunity for self reflections on these questions is useful.
* Come ready to speak for 5-10 minutes about your post-PhD career goals.

'''Class Plan:'''

* Introductions to each other
* Brief lecture introducing to the course + Q&A about syllabus and expectations
* Walk through and discussion for next week's assignments

There are a few things I'd love to leave the session with:

* A collective decision about synchronous communication options (we used Slack last quarter so that's the default)
* A collective decision about how meeting in person next week
* A collective decision about how we're going to decide about meeting in person
* Clarity among the group about the schedule and deliverables
* Some sense of the kinds of jobs you are interested in

=== January 10: Session 2: Exploring Options ===

''' Topic:''' Exploring Options

'''Readings:''' (finish ''before'' class)

* [https://www.findaphd.com/advice/doing/phd-non-academic-careers.aspx Non-academic Careers for Ph.D. Holders]
* Basalla, Susan, and Maggie Debelius. 2014. ''“So What Are You Going to Do with That?”: Finding Careers Outside Academia.'' Third Edition. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo19503047.html. [Introduction and Chapter 1] {{avail-canvas|1=https://canvas.uw.edu/files/86324567/download?download_frd=1}}
* Kelsky, Karen. 2015. The Professor Is in: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. into a Job. New York, New York: Crown. [Part I] {{avail-canvas|1=https://canvas.uw.edu/files/86324565/download?download_frd=1}}
* [https://cdn.uconnectlabs.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2021/12/Talking-to-Research-Supervisor.pdf Talking to your Research Supervisor] note from the UW Career and Internship Center

'''Assignment:''' (finish ''before'' class)

* Nail down a set of goals/deliverables for the quarter

'''Class Plan:'''

* Share-outs & feedback about your projects
* Walk through and discussion for next week's assignments

=== January 17: No Meeting (MLK Jr. Day) ===

=== January 24: Session 3: Navigating the academic job market ===

'''Readings:''' (finish ''before'' class)

* [https://postdocs.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Quick%20and%20Painless%20Academic%20Job%20Search%20Guide.pdf The Quick and Relatively Painless Guide to Your Academic Job Search] by Karen Kelsky, published by The Chronicle of Higher Education's Vitae magainze.

Curricula vitæ for academic jobs:

* [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1515043/files?preview=86862921 Chapter 8: CVs] from: Vick, Julia Miller, Jennifer S. Furlong, and Rosanne Lurie. 2016. ''The Academic Job Search Handbook''. Fifth edition. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Teaching and research Statements for academic jobs:

* [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1515043/files?preview=86862919 Chapter 10: Additional Application Material] from: Vick, Julia Miller, Jennifer S. Furlong, and Rosanne Lurie. 2016. ''The Academic Job Search Handbook''. Fifth edition. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Diversity statements for non-academic jobs:

* [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1515043/files?preview=86863677 Chapter 28: What is a diversity statement anyway?] from: Kelsky, Karen. 2015. ''The Professor Is in: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. into a Job''. New York, New York: Crown.

I've also put my own job market material online from the 2012-2013 year:

* [https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/job-market-materials Overview blog post]
* [http://mako.cc/academic/bmh-jobmarket_coverletter.pdf Academic cover letter] (the one I submitted to UW Communication)
* [https://mako.cc/academic/bmh-research_statement.pdf Research Statement]
* [https://mako.cc/academic/bmh-teaching_statement.pdf Teaching Statement]
* [https://mako.cc/academic/bmh-diversity_statement.pdf Diversity Statement]

''Optional readings'' and other resources for the academic job search:

* [http://career.berkeley.edu/PhDs/PhDAcademic.stm The Academic Job Search Website at Berkeley] is a good guide
* [https://careers.uw.edu/academic-careers/ UW Career Center's page on academic careers]
* [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1515043/files?preview=86863678 Chapter 22: What's Wrong With Your Cover Letter] from: Kelsky, Karen. 2015. ''The Professor Is in: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. into a Job''. New York, New York: Crown.
* In general, Kelsky, Parts III and IV are all about this and are incredibly prescriptive.


'''Assignment:''' (finish ''before'' class)

* Bring in copies of your CV as well as the CV of someone who has recently job you’d like to have. What did you learn by looking at this CV?

'''Class Plan:'''

* Share-outs & feedback from assignments
* Walk through and discussion for next week's assignments

=== January 31: Session 4: Navigating the non-academic/internship job market ===

'''Topic:''' We'll hear from people with experience with industry internships. We'll have two visitors:

* [https://www.andresmh.com/ Andrés Monroy-Hernandez] who has hired interns at SNAP and Microsoft for more than a decade
* [https://reginachangzhou.github.io/ Regina Cheng], an HCDE student (and one of my advisee) who has done a series of internships at Facebook, Microsoft, and Dataminr (and interviewed for many more)

'''Readings:''' (finish ''before'' class)

Resumés for non-academic jobs and internships:

* [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1515043/files?preview=86862913 Chapter 4: Decipher] from: Caterine, Christopher L. 2020. ''Leaving Academia: A Practical Guide.'' Princeton: Princeton University Press.
* [http://jobsearch.about.com/library/blresume.htm Resume and Cover Letter Center]
* [https://cdn.uconnectlabs.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2016/06/Turn-Your-CV-into-a-Resume.pdf Turn your CV into a Resumé] from the UW Career and Internship Center

Websites: 

* [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1515043/files?preview=86862916 Chapter 11: Online Presence] from: Vick, Julia Miller, Jennifer S. Furlong, and Rosanne Lurie. 2016. ''The Academic Job Search Handbook''. Fifth edition. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

'''Class Plan:'''

* Panel discussion
* Talk about resumés and check in on assignments

=== February 7: Session 5: Panel on teaching-intensive colleges and universities ===

''' Topic:'''  We'll hear from three people in different kinds of teaching-focused positions. We'll have three visitors:

* [https://com.uw.edu/people/faculty/anis-rahman/ Anis Rahman] - Assistant Teaching Professor at University of Washington Department of Communication
* [http://www.snehanarayan.com/ Sneha Narayan] - Assistant Professor at Carleton College. (Dr. Narayan is a graduate of the [http://tsb.northwestern.edu/ Technology and Social Behavior] program at [http://www.northwestern.edu/ Northwestern University] which is a joint PhD program between Communication and Computer Science.)
* [https://spu.edu/academics/college-of-arts-sciences/communication-and-journalism/faculty-staff-directory/bellinger-matthew Matt Bellinger] - Assistant Professor at Seattle Pacific University (Dr. Bellinger is a recent graduate of UW Communication.)

'''Readings:''' (finish ''before'' class)

* DeCoker, Gary. 2009. “How to Get a Teaching Job at a Liberal-Arts College.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 12, 2009. https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-to-get-a-teaching-job-at-a-liberal-arts-college/.
* Stewart, Nicole K., Anis Rahman, Philippa R. Adams, and John Hughes. 2021. “Same Storm, Different Nightmares: Emergency Remote Teaching by Contingent Communication Instructors during the Pandemic.” Communication Education 70 (4): 402–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2021.1948084. {{avail-canvas|1=https://canvas.uw.edu/files/87636388/download?download_frd=1}} [''This was added very late but I'd really appreciate if you could find time.'']

'''Assignment:''' (finish ''before'' class)

* Take a look at the speakers websites and bring questions for them!

'''Class Plan:'''

* Panel discussion
* Talk through the readings and your questions
* Sync up about final projects

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=== February 14: Session 6: Panel on corporate and industry research  ===

''' Topic:''' Panel on industry research include three recent graduates of our PhD program:

* [https://www.drtanyaoishi.com/ Tanya Oishi], currently working as a UX researcher with expertise in communication, difference, and technology at Meta
* [https://www.madeiza.com/ Matthew Adeiza], currenly working as a design researcher working on Azure at Microsoft
* [http://www.elodiefichet.com/ Élodie Fichet], currently working as a Sr. Accessibility Program Manager at Amazon

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No need readings this week since we covered most of the key points during [[#January_31:_Session_4:_Navigating_the_non-academic.2Finternship_job_market|the session on internships in industry]].

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* Selections from Caterine, Christopher L. 2020. ''Leaving Academia: A Practical Guide.'' Princeton: Princeton University Press.  {{tentative}}

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'''Class Plan:'''

* Sync up about final projects
* Panel discussion
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=== February 21: No Meeting (Presidents Day) ===

=== February 14: Session 28: Panel on Non-Profits ===

''' Topic:''' Panel on work with non-profit organizations:

* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/thatcourtney Courtney Johnson], currently a Survey Scientist Meta but worked for ~5 years at [https://www.pewresearch.org/ Pew Research]
* [https://rmaktoufi.wixsite.com/website Reyhaneh Maktoufi], currently a Misinformation fellow at NOVA PBS

'''Class Plan:'''

* Panel discussion
* Sync up about final projects

=== March 7: Final Presentations/Pitches & Discussion about Negotiation & Postdocs ===

'''Readings:'''

* Eberle, Stephanie K. 2018. “Do You Need a Postdoc?” Inside Higher Ed. September 10, 2018. https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2018/09/10/advice-whether-pursue-postdoc-or-not-opinion. {{avail-free|https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2018/09/10/advice-whether-pursue-postdoc-or-not-opinion}}
* Solvik, Tina. 2021. “Finding the Right Postdoc for Career Success.” Inside Higher Ed. August 23, 2021. https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2021/08/23/finding-postdoc-sets-you-career-success-opinion. {{avail-free|https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2021/08/23/finding-postdoc-sets-you-career-success-opinion}} 
* Malhotra, Deepak. 2014. “15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer.” Harvard Business Review, April 1, 2014. https://hbr.org/2014/04/15-rules-for-negotiating-a-job-offer. {{avail-free|https://hbr.org/2014/04/15-rules-for-negotiating-a-job-offer}} {{avail-canvas|1=https://canvas.uw.edu/files/88927226/download?download_frd=1}}
* If you can, please at least skim [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/88927335/download?download_frd=1 Chapter 16 on Job Offers, Negotiations, Acceptances, and Rejections] in: Vick, Julia Miller, Jennifer S. Furlong, and Rosanne Lurie. 2016. The Academic Job Search Handbook. Fifth edition. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. {{avail-canvas|1=https://canvas.uw.edu/files/88927335/download?download_frd=1}}

'''Assignment:'''

* Identify a prototypical person who might control access to a job you would like (e.g., a faculty member at a department you would like to be in; the head of an industry research lab you might like to join; the director of research at a non-profit).
* Be ready to deliver a "pitch" (i.e., a 2-4 minutes sort of self-introduction that covers your career interests and skills) that might give to this person if you met at a conference or a networking event. 

'''Class plan:'''

* The first part of the class will be devoted to trying out pitches in a sort of "speed dating" where everyone will get an opportunity to try out your pitch, respond to some questions, and get some feedback. We'll do three 10-minute rounds:
** Round 1: H→M, J→K
** Round 2: K→M, H→J
** Round 3: J→M, K→H
* The second part of class will be for discussion and reflections on some final readings.

=== Final Project Due: March 18 ===

Final project will be due [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1515043/assignments/6959859 in Canvas].