A few of the presentations are being offered more than once, feel free to come to as many presentations as you'd like.
You can also check the Graduate School website at www.grad.washington.edu
All presentations will be held in the Research Commons (ground floor of the Allen Library, unless otherwise noted)
"A Dozen Sentences That Should Appear in your (Academic) Job Application Letter"
Nov 1st from 12 noon-1
When you apply for an academic job, your cover letter is your opportunity to help a hiring committee interpret your curriculum vitae. More important, the letter is your opportunity to excite them about your work in a way that isn't possible with a dry curriculum vitae. Join us for this interactive presentation that helps you think about the key points you want to cover in your letter. Please bring any job announcements you are responding to, or send by email to raan@uw.edu<mailto:raan@uw.edu> in advance of the session. Presenter: Communications Professor Philip Howard.
"Developing a Teaching Statement"
Nov 3rd 3:00-4:20, CMU 230
Increasingly, teaching statements are requested as part of the job application materials for all academic faculty positions. This presentation helps you develop your teaching statement, even if you haven't had a lot of teachings experience as a graduate student or postdoc. You will learn to identify how your experiences as a mentor, lab leader, grader, section leader, or even teaching not in the academic setting can serve as evidence of your ability to be an excellent teacher. Presenter: Karen Freisem, Senior Consultant at the Center for Teaching and Learning.
"Managing Your Research Bibliographies with Zotero"*
Nov 3rd from 2-3
Zotero is one of the major citation management systems used by academics. Citation management systems bring organization and simplicity to organizing and keeping track of your research citations and your bibliography. In this presentation you will learn details about how to make Zotero work for you. Bring your laptop and research topics. If you don't already have Mozilla Foxfire on your laptop, you might want to add it for accessing Zotero.
Presenters: Deb Raftus, Romance Languages & Literatures Librarian and Linda Whang, Engineering Instructional Services Librarian
"Managing Your Research and Bibliographies with Endnote"*
Nov 9th from 1:30-2:30
EndNote is one of the major Citation Management Systems used by academics. Citation management systems bring organization and simplicity to organizing, managing, and sharing your research citations. It will also help you format your in-text citations and reference list in a Word document. In this presentation you will learn details about how to make Endnote work for you. Bring your laptop if you have EndNote already installed on it or sit back and watch the demonstration.
Presenters: Joanne Rich and Amy Harper, Health Sciences Librarians
"From Dissertation to Article: Publishing Your Work"*
Nov 15th from 1:30-2:30
Thinking about sharing your dissertation research? This session will provide information about issues related to publishing your research in a journal article including selecting a journal, managing your rights as an author and understanding copyright issues related to publication. Presenter: Thom Deardorff, Libraries Copyright Officer
"What Are Your Peers Writing?: Using The Dissertation Abstracts Database"
Nov 17th from 11:30-Noon
The Dissertation Abstracts Database is a fantastic and under-utilized resource. In this presentation we will introduce you to the wealth of information in this database. Not only will you be able to determine what your peers are writing about, so as to help you select your own unique topic, but, you will also be able to see what resources they used. Dissertation bibliographies are a wonderful way to help build your own literature review. Presenter: Theresa Murdrock, History Librarian.
*In partnership with the UW libraries
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