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| :'''Professional Development Seminar: Career Choices''' ('''COM 594 A''') | | :'''Professional Development Seminar: Career Choices''' ('''COM 594 A''') |
| :'''Instructor:''' [https://mako.cc/academic/ Benjamin Mako Hill] / [mailto:makohill@uw.edu makohill@uw.edu] (or many [https://mako.cc/contact/ other ways to contact me]) | | :'''Instructor:''' [https://mako.cc/academic/ Benjamin Mako Hill] / [mailto:makohill@uw.edu makohill@uw.edu] (or many [https://mako.cc/contact/ other ways to contact me]) |
| :'''Office Hours:''' By appointment (I'm usually available via chat during "business hours.") You can view or book me on [https://mako.cc/calendar/ my calendar page]. If you schedule a meeting, we'll meet in the Jitsi room (<code>makooffice</code>) and you'll get a link to it through the scheduling app. | | :'''Office Hours:''' By appointment (I'm usually available via chat during "business hours.") You can view or book me on [https://mako.cc/calendar/ my calendar page]. If you schedule a meeting, we'll meet in the Jitsi room (<code>makooffice</code>) and you'll get a link to to through the scheduling app. |
| :'''Meeting Times:''' Monday 3:30-5:20pm | | :'''Meeting Times:''' Monday 3:30-5:20pm |
| :'''Important Links''': | | :'''Important Links''': |
| :* [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1515043/announcements Announcements] (in Canvas)<!--:* A realtime chat application {{tbd}}--> | | :* [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1515043/announcements Announcements] (in Canvas) |
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| :* [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1515043/assignments Assignments] (in Canvas) | | :* [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1515043/assignments Assignments] (in Canvas) |
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| '''Class Plan:''' | | '''Class Plan:''' |
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| * Share-outs & feedback about your projects | | * Share-outs & feedback from assignments |
| * Walk through and discussion for next week's assignments | | * Walk through and discussion for next week's assignments |
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| === January 17: No Meeting (MLK Jr. Day) === | | === January 17: No Meeting (MLK Jr. Day) === |
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| === January 24: Session 3: Navigating the academic job market === | | === January 24: Session 3: Self-Presentation === |
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| '''Readings:''' (finish ''before'' class) | | '''Readings:''' (finish ''before'' class) |
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| * [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. | | * Kelsky, Parts III and IV {{tentative}} |
| | | * [http://career.berkeley.edu/PhDs/PhDAcademic.stm The Academic Job Search] {{tentative}} |
| Curricula vitæ for academic jobs:
| | * [http://jobsearch.about.com/library/blresume.htm Resume and Cover Letter Center] {{tentative}} |
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| * [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.
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| Teaching and research Statements for academic jobs:
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| * [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.
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| Diversity statements for non-academic jobs:
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| * [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.
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| I've also put my own job market material online from the 2012-2013 year:
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| * [https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/job-market-materials Overview blog post]
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| * [http://mako.cc/academic/bmh-jobmarket_coverletter.pdf Academic cover letter] (the one I submitted to UW Communication)
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| * [https://mako.cc/academic/bmh-research_statement.pdf Research Statement]
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| * [https://mako.cc/academic/bmh-teaching_statement.pdf Teaching Statement]
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| * [https://mako.cc/academic/bmh-diversity_statement.pdf Diversity Statement]
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| ''Optional readings'' and other resources for the academic job search:
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| * [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.
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| * In general, Kelsky, Parts III and IV are all about this and are incredibly prescriptive.
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| '''Assignment:''' (finish ''before'' class) | | '''Assignment:''' (finish ''before'' class) |
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| * 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? | | * Bring in copies of your CV as well as the CV of someone who recently secured a job you’d like to have. What did you learn by looking at this CV? |
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| * Walk through and discussion for next week's assignments | | * Walk through and discussion for next week's assignments |
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| === January 31: Session 4: Navigating the non-academic/internship job market === | | === January 31: Session 4: Panel on Research-Intensive Colleges and Universities {{tentative}} === |
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| '''Topic:''' We'll hear from people with experience with industry internships. We'll have two visitors: | | ''' Topic:''' |
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| * [https://www.andresmh.com/ Andrés Monroy-Hernandez] who has hired interns at SNAP and Microsoft for more than a decade
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| * [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)
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| '''Readings:''' (finish ''before'' class) | | '''Readings:''' (finish ''before'' class) |
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| Resumés for non-academic jobs and internships:
| | * [http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/index.php The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education] |
| | * https://careers.uw.edu/academic-careers/ |
| | * [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. |
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| * [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.
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| * [http://jobsearch.about.com/library/blresume.htm Resume and Cover Letter Center]
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| * [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
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| Websites:
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| * [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.
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| '''Class Plan:''' | | '''Class Plan:''' |
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| * Panel discussion | | * Panel discussion |
| * Talk about resumés and check in on assignments | | * Sync up about final projects |
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| === February 7: Session 5: Panel on teaching-intensive colleges and universities === | | === February 7: Session 5: Panel on Teaching-Intensive Colleges and Universities {{tentative}} === |
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| ''' Topic:''' We'll hear from three people in different kinds of teaching-focused positions. We'll have three visitors: | | ''' Topic:''' |
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| * [https://com.uw.edu/people/faculty/anis-rahman/ Anis Rahman] - Assistant Teaching Professor at University of Washington Department of Communication
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| * [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.)
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| * [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.)
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| '''Readings:''' (finish ''before'' class) | | '''Readings:''' (finish ''before'' class) |
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| * 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/.
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| * 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.'']
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| * Take a look at the speakers websites and bring questions for them!
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| * Panel discussion | | * Panel discussion |
| * Talk through the readings and your questions
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| * Sync up about final projects | | * Sync up about final projects |
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| === February 14: Session 6: Panel on corporate and industry research === | | === February 14: Session 6: Panel on Think Tanks, Government, Non-Profits {{tentative}} === |
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| ''' Topic:''' Panel on industry research include three recent graduates of our PhD program: | | ''' Topic:''' |
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| * [https://www.drtanyaoishi.com/ Tanya Oishi], currently working as a UX researcher with expertise in communication, difference, and technology at Meta
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| * [https://www.madeiza.com/ Matthew Adeiza], currenly working as a design researcher working on Azure at Microsoft
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| * [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 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. {{tentative}} | | * Selections from 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. {{tentative}} |
| * Selections from Fruscione, Joseph, and Kelly J. Baker, eds. 2018. ''Succeeding Outside the Academy: Career Paths beyond the Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM.'' Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. {{tentative}} | | * Selections from Fruscione, Joseph, and Kelly J. Baker, eds. 2018. ''Succeeding Outside the Academy: Career Paths beyond the Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM.'' Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. {{tentative}} |
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| | === February 28: Session 7: Panel on Corporate and Industry Research {{tentative}} === |
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| Verena Hess, PhD, Principal program manager, Amazon
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| Meredith Li-Vollmer, PhD, Risk communications specialist, Public Health – Seattle and King County
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| === February 21: No Meeting (Presidents Day) ===
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| === February 14: Session 28: Panel on Non-Profits ===
| | * Selections from 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. {{tentative}} |
| | * Selections from Fruscione, Joseph, and Kelly J. Baker, eds. 2018. ''Succeeding Outside the Academy: Career Paths beyond the Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM.'' Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. {{tentative}} |
| | * Selections from Caterine, Christopher L. 2020. ''Leaving Academia: A Practical Guide.'' Princeton: Princeton University Press. {{tentative}} |
| | * [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 |
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| ''' Topic:''' Panel on work with non-profit organizations: | | '''Assignment:''' (finish ''before'' class) |
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| * [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]
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| * [https://rmaktoufi.wixsite.com/website Reyhaneh Maktoufi], currently a Misinformation fellow at NOVA PBS
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| | Verena Hess, PhD, Principal program manager, Amazon |
| | | Meredith Li-Vollmer, PhD, Risk communications specialist, Public Health – Seattle and King County |
| * 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}}
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| * 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}}
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| * 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}}
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| * 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}}
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| * 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).
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| * 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:
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| ** Round 1: H→M, J→K
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| ** Round 2: K→M, H→J
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| ** Round 3: J→M, K→H
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| * The second part of class will be for discussion and reflections on some final readings.
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| === Final Project Due: March 18 === | | === Final Project Due: March 11 === |
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| Final project will be due [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1515043/assignments/6959859 in Canvas]. | | Final project will be due [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1515043/assignments/6746130 in Canvas]. {{todo}} |
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| == Administrative Notes == | | == Administrative Notes == |