How To Conference Badly (But Please Don’t!)

by | Oct 6, 2022 | Beth Allison Barr author, Conference, GPS workshops, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Association, graduate student resources, guest post, life in grad school, pedagogy, Present Your PhD, PYPhD, Research Opportunities

On October 18th from 9-10am, the Graduate School will be hosting a workshop on the topic of “Conferencing Well.” In light of this upcoming workshop, we thought we’d re-share an oldie but a goodie from our former Associate Dean of Professional...
Graduate School Exit Interview with Dr. Beth Allison Barr

Graduate School Exit Interview with Dr. Beth Allison Barr

by | May 4, 2022 | Beth Allison Barr author, GPS workshops, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Association, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, interview, pedagogy, Post-Docs, postdoc, postdoctoral fellowship program, writing

This spring, we are bidding a fond farewell to our beloved Associate Dean in the Graduate School, Dr. Beth Allison Barr. Dr. Barr has been a champion for improving graduate student quality of life, and she’s helped accomplished the reduction and eventual...
How and Where I Write: A Series

How and Where I Write: A Series

by | Mar 14, 2022 | Beth Allison Barr author, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Association, Graduate Writing Center, guest post, interview, life in grad school, pedagogy, PhD alt-career, writing

Well, we’re back from Spring Break, which for grad students doesn’t mean living it up on a Florida Beach. It probably meant checking on your lab mosquitoes, editing a thesis chapter, catching up on grading student essays, or trying (we repeat, trying, not...