The Graduate College cordially invites you to a Special Seminar series on Reducing time to Doctoral Degree this Spring semester. A great group of excellent on-campus and visiting guest speakers will present and discuss key issues, activities and strategies that they have developed and/or are available to help doctoral students complete their degrees successfully and in a timely fashion.
Highlights of the seminar series include presentations by guest speakers Dr. David Wilton (Texas A& M University), Dr. James Brockmole (Notre Dame University) and a special Panel Discussion Session led by Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Associates. If you are interested in meeting/talking with invited speakers Dr. David Wilton and/or Dr. James Brockmole after their talks, please contact seminar organizer, Dr. Patricia Stock.
For all sessions, space is limited to 80 participants. Please RSVP by logging in and submitting the form below.
For those unable to attend the seminar in person, please register for the live webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
UPDATED 11 April 2018: The UA Graduate Students and Postdoc Associates Panel formerly scheduled for April 13 has been rescheduled for April 24. If you'd previoudly RSVPed, please do so again to confirm your participation and to help secure a head-count for lunch.
| Speaker(s) | Topic | Date & Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meg Lota Brown, Director, Graduate Center, Professor, English Dept., University of Arizona | Resources and Opportunities for Doctoral Students at the UA Graduate Center | Feb 16 10am - 11am |
Marley 230 |
| David Wilton, Professor, Dept. English, Texas A & M University | Five Ways To Faster PhD | March 2 10am - 11am |
ILC 130 |
| Georgia Ehlers, Director, Office of Fellowships and Community Engagement, University of Arizona Shelley Hawthorne-Smith, Senior Program Coordinator, Office of Fellowships and Community Engagement, University of Arizona |
Writing Skills, Life Savers for Doctoral Students | March 16 10am - 11am |
Marley 230 |
| Gautam Gowrisankaran, Director of Economics Graduate Studies, Univ. Arizona Patricia Stock, Professor, Dept. Entomology, Faculty Fellow Special project, Graduate College, University of Arizona |
Doctoral Mentoring in the Social Sciences: A View from the Economics Department Why mentoring involves more than advising: A perspective from the STEM Field |
March 30 10am - 11am |
Marley 230 |
| James Brockmole, Associate Dean for Social Sciences & Research, Notre Dame University | The 5+1 Fellowship Program at Notre Dame |
April 20th |
Marley 230 |
| UA Graduate Students and Postdoc Associates Panelists | Panel Session on Personal Experiences on the Doctorate Path. Lunch provided. | April 24 11:30am - 1pm |
The Graduate Center (formerly UST) |
