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Summer 2024: Tuesdays 10am to 1:15pm
WEEKLY CONTENT CONTENT 2024
The workshops rely on strong preparation and facilitation by the faculty, as well as active participation, interaction, and reflection by the learners. At a minimum, are expected to attend all schedule seminar sessions and to use the resources provided below prior to the start of each session.
SEMINAR 1: Graduate School Culture & Milestones 101
Tuesday May 7
At some point in tie you will look back at graduate school and fondly remember the time you had to read, to read more, and then to read some more. Relish it, but don’t get too comfortable, because graduate school is a stage, not the destination. This session will introduce you to both general and FIU Graduate Psychology Program specific graduate cultural norms, hierarchies, and language. By the end, you will have learned the basic expectations, responsibilities and milestones that should be reached if you want to have a successful academic career.
Relevant Reading: Reflecting on the meaning of academic life
Relevant Resource: FIU UGS Graduate Student Advisory Board
Relevant Resource: FIU UGS Graduate Student Academic & Personal Resources
Relevant Resource: The (Un)Spoken Rules of Graduate School
UNIT 1: Graduate School Cultures & Hierarchies
SEMINAR 2: Faculty Advisors, Mentors & Other Supervisory Relationships
Tuesday May 14
Having mentorship and guidance is a cornerstone of successful graduate education. Faculty advisors play a key role in the launching of their students' careers both within and beyond higher education. However, at its core, the faculty- doctoral advisee relationship is about value systems, perceptions of responsibilities/ obligations, and power dynamics. The ways in which graduate students can learn to develop, negotiate and enhance a healthy relationship within this critical relationship will be addressed in this session. The difference between mentorship and advising will also be explored.
Required Reading: Chapter 2: Building your team
Required Reading: University of Michigan Rackman Graduate School Mentoring Guide
Relevant Reading: Best advisors, worst advisors
Relevant Reading: A good advisor is not nice
Relevant Reading: The Academic Job Search Handbook Chapter 5 Advisors & Professional Networks
Relevant Resource: Doctoral Faculty-Student Relationships: Examining Mentors, Advisors, Sponsors, Coaches, and Advocates
Due this Week: Degree Plan
UNIT 2: Forget Surviving... We are Thriving!
SEMINAR 3: Graduate Student Well Being
Tuesday May 14 (contd.)
This session explore the unique factors of graduate school culture that impact students wellbeing. We will also discussion steps you can take to maintain your mental, emotional and physical well-being. This session will also focus on the importance of addressing diversity, equity inclusivity as both critical research and personal goals.
Guest Speakers: Juan Sebastian Castillo Perez, Christina Soulios and Michael Spooner
Readings Facilitator: Frank Kotey
Required Reading: Chapter 2: Mental Health
Required Reading: Chapter 5: Managing Family Responsibilities
Required Reading: Chapter 8: Revising your academic priorities
Relevant Reading: Common Academic Experiences No One Talks About: Repeated Rejection, Impostor Syndrome, and Burnout
Relevant Reading: Social justice burnout: Engaging self-care while doing diversity work.
Relevant Reading: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome and Stereotype Threat Reconceptualizing the Definition of a Scholar
Relevant Resource: Where did the hours go? Graduate students and procrastination experts share their best time-management tips.
Relevant Resource: Nature Professional Development Collect for Graduate Students
Relevant Resource: UB School of Social Work Self Care Starter Kit
SEMINAR 4: Cultivating your Support System
Tuesday May 21
In practice, academic support is typically described as a broad array of educational strategies, including supplemental courses or training, as well as alternative ways of grouping, counseling, and instructions for graduate students. However, graduate school encompasses all aspects of individuals lives. This session will provide a holistic view of support systems graduate students should draw upon in both their personal and professional lives.
Readings Facilitator: Tamika Johnson
Required Reading: Presumed Incompetent II Chapter 25: Hashtag Social Media as a Source of Developing Community
Required Reading: The Ultimate Guide to Networking in Graduate School During the Pandemic
Required Reading: Values, acceptance, and belongingess in graduate school: Perspectives from underrepresented minority students
Relevant Resource: Jaclyn Siegel's 2023 video on the professional use of social media
Relevant Resource: APAGS Resource Guide for Ethnic Minority Graduate Students
Relevant Resource: Presumed Incompetent I & 2
UNIT 3: RESEARCH, WRITING & SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES
SEMINAR 5: Developing your Academic Identity
Tuesday May 28
This session is designed to help graduate students think about their long term career plans once they have finished their doctoral degree. Approaches for conceptualizing career goals, important sources of information to track throughout your degree journey, and steps for ensuring you are a competitive candidate for any position upon graduation. We will also discuss how to embrace your strengths to engage in ethical self-promotion.
Readings Facilitator: Nina Dours
Required Reading: Presumed Incompetent II Chapter 14: Silent Bias and Resisting Narratives of Deficit
Required Reading: The Academic Job Search Handbook Chapter 12 Websites
Relevant Resource: APA Research2Share Webinars
Relevant Resource: Hundreds of academics give advice to their younger selves
Relevant Resource: Want to get a promoted in a university? Learn the art of self-branding
SEMINAR 6: Publish or Perish? Nah- PERSEVERE !
Tuesday June 4
Doctoral students are always facing the looming awareness that they need to engage in research that results in publications. As more prospective employers expect degree seekers to get their names in academic journals and conferences while still in school, many learners feel overwhelmed by the prospects of making the grade. This session will provide guidance on the ins and outs of publishing, and offers advice about negotiation the "publish or perish" mantra.
Readings Facilitator: Sol Quincoses
Required Reading: A Graduate Students' Guide to Peer Review
Required Reading: COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers
Required Reading: How to respond to difficult or negative peer-reviewer feedback
Relevant Resource: Hourglass shape for manuscripts
Relevant Resource: Get ideas on what journals are a good match for your paper
Relevant Resource: COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers
Relevant Resource: Intended and unintended consequences of a publish‐or‐perish culture: A worldwide survey
Relevant Resource: Good research begins long before papers get written
Relevant Resource: Where should I publish? A Library Handout for Researchers
Relevant Resource: APA & Affiliated Journals
Relevant Resource: Publish and Perish: Psychology's Most Prolific Authors Are Not Always the Ones We Remember
Relevant Resource: Retraction Watch
Relevant Resource: NIH Office of Research Integrity
Due this Week In Class: In Class Elevator Speech
SEMINAR 7: Exploring Grants, Funding & Awards Opportunities
Tuesday June 11
Class meets via Zoom: https://fiu.zoom.us/my/dionnestephens
Financial pressures have shifted grant writing to the forefront of skills that graduate students need to survive academic life. Some students receive instant gratification and get a grant the first or second time they apply. Far more common are repeated rejections; how to deal with this and become effective in this realm of academia will be discuss in this session. Faculty from across the department programs will participate in this week's discussion.
Readings Facilitator: David
Required Reading: Presumed Incompetent II Chapter 23: In Name Only
Required Reading: Grant Proposals (or Give me the money!)
Required Reading: Secrets to writing a winning grant
Relevant Reading: Doing research and finding funding
Relevant Resource: NIH All About Grants Podcasts
Relevant Resource: FIU Office of Research & Economic Development (ORED) Research Webinars & Workshops
Relevant Resource: Topic choice contributes to the lower rate of NIH awards to African-American/black scientists
Relevant Resource: A Primer on NIH Fellowship and Career Development Grants
Relevant Resource: University of Kentucky External Funding Resources for Graduate Students
Due this Week: CV & Resume
UNIT 4: Conceptualizing your Career
SEMINAR 8: Post Doctoral Positions
Tuesday June 18
Class meets via Zoom: https://fiu.zoom.us/my/dionnestephens
Although the goals of postdoctoral fellowships are highly variable, most are intended to support early-career researchers who already have some specialized training but need more “incubation time” before they’re ready to become independent researchers. To land a postdoc that will help you incubate in an optimal way, it’s important to have a clarity of purpose on what you are seeking from the postdoc experience. This session will cover the diversity of post docs that exist, how to identify or create an opportunity, and offer suggestions on steps students should be taking at any stage of their academic career.
Readings Facilitator: Francisco
Required Reading: The Post Doctoral Experience Revisited (Chapters 2 & 3 only)
Required Reading: Demystifying the Postdoctoral Experience: A Guide for Applicants
Relevant Resource: Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers
Relevant Resource: National Postdoctoral Association
Relevant Resource: NSF Special Programs for Postdoctoral Fellows
Relevant Resource: Enhancing the Postdoctoral Experience for Scientists and Engineers
SEMINAR 9: Non-Academic Career Considerations & Planning
Tuesday June 25
No Class Meeting
The reality is that higher education is going through dramatic shifts which has changed the number and types of opportunities available in academia. This session seeks to bridge the knowledge gap between PhD. training and the realm of career possibilities outside of academic settings. We will discuss ways to explore career options, re-frame doctoral skills, and apply for positions beyond academia. Alumni of our department will also discuss what have done with their training.
Lecture linked HERE
Required Reading: How to Turn a Ph.D. Into a Nonacademic Career
Required Reading: The Ph.D.’s Guide to a Non faculty Job Search
Required Reading: What It’s Like to Search for Jobs Outside Academe
Relevant Resource: Find a Ph.D.'s Non-Academic Careers for PhD Holders
Relevant Resource: 4 tips on apply for jobs outside of academia
Due this Week: Lecture & Reading Response in Canvas
SEMINAR 10: Academic Career Considerations & Planning
Tuesday July 2
No Class Meeting
The grad-student-to-junior-faculty transformation is not straight forward and is often confusing depending on your research foci. And applying for academic jobs is so time-consuming. The nuances of the academic job search process, including the nuances of the job posting season, application process, and actually hiring cycle will be discussed
Lecture linked HERE
Required Reading: Presumed Incompetent II Chapter 19: Exposure... as a Black Female Graduate Student Applying for Tenure Track Faculty positions
Required Reading: NIH Postdocs' Guide to Gaining Independence
Relevant Resource: The Academic Job Search Handbook (Full Book Download via FIU Libraries)
Relevant Resource: The Black Academic's Guide to Winning Tenure--Without Losing Your Soul
Due this Week: Lecture & Reading Response in Canvas
SEMINAR 11: Looking Back & Moving Forward
Monday July 10
Class meets via Zoom: https://fiu.zoom.us/my/dionnestephens
This class session will present our Digital Portfolios and Degree Plans. Students should be prepared to share reflections about our emerging academic identities. Time will also be used to address any remaining concerns students have and to engage in a critical discussion about the course content, structure and goals.
Due this Week: Digital Portfolio