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 Pathways for Success: How to Create a Poster Presentation

by | Oct 3, 2022 | Conference, GPS workshops, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Association, graduate student guest post, graduate student resources, Graduate Writing Center, guest post, pedagogy, Research Opportunities, writing

With both the October GPS workshop on “Conferencing Well” (October 18th, register here) and the Fall 2022 Graduate Research Showcase on the horizon (October 20th, submit your proposal here), it’s important to set yourself up for success when publicly...

How to Find Your People and (Possibly) Eat More Pie 

by | Nov 8, 2021 | Conference, graduate student advice, graduate student guest post, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, guest post, wellness

The first thing I knew about Baylor’s religion department was that the students were friendly. I was attending a conference in Atlanta and was introduced to PhD students from Baylor, who immediately invited me to join them for meals, encouraged me to be on panels with...