by anna_beaudry1 | Feb 1, 2023 | academic administration, GPS workshops, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Association, graduate student guest post, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, interview, life in grad school
This week we are talking to Sheila Dooley, the Graduate School’s Assistant to the Dean and Vice Provost. Sheila joined the Graduate School in November 2019 after moving from California and has quickly become a passionate Baylor supporter. As the Assistant...
by anna_beaudry1 | Dec 5, 2022 | Baylor Counseling Center, Covid-19, dissertation, Faith and the Academy, GPS workshops, grad student mental health, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Association, graduate student guest post, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, interview, life in grad school, mental health, PhD alt-career, Waco, wellness
This is not a popular topic of conversation, especially at a university that just hit R1 status in no small part due to strong graduate student statistics. But after wrapping up a whole series on prioritizing mental health, establishing work/life boundaries, and...
by anna_beaudry1 | Oct 17, 2022 | academic administration, Beth Allison Barr author, Faith and the Academy, GPS workshops, graduate student advice, interview, life in grad school, PhD alt-career
With the recent re-launch of the Women in the Academy (WITA) mentorship program, we wanted to share an interview* from the spring of 2022 between Provost Nancy Brickhouse and our former Associate Dean of the Graduate School, Dr. Beth Allison Barr. We hope this...
by anna_beaudry1 | 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...
by anna_beaudry1 | 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...
by anna_beaudry1 | Sep 15, 2022 | dissertation, external funding, Faith and the Academy, GPS workshops, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, guest post, life in grad school, pedagogy, PhD alt-career, wellness, writing
This post is based off of a podcast series that Dr. Julia Daniel did for the Baylor Graduate School back in early 2021. The first post covered the historic and economic reasons for the state of the academic job market and what applying for an academic job actually...
