Career Development

Check out this UCSB series on grad student and postdoc professional development experiences funded by the Individualized Professional Skills (IPS) Program. This week's featured video is by Grace Kimball, a graduate student in Theater and Dance, who used the IPS funds to attend a course on directing at Yale University. Read on to watch the video and learn more about the IPS program!

L. Maren Wood and the rest of the team at Beyond the Professoriate are hosting their 9th Annual Online Career Conference for Graduate Students and PhDs on May 7th and May 14th, 2022. Read on for more details!

The UCSB Library will be offering two Zotero Basics workshops for graduate students during the Spring quarter. Zotero is a free bibliography management tool that helps you collect citations for your research and generate entries for notes and bibliographies. Workshops will be held in the UCSB Library. Read on for more info and the registration link.

Check out this UCSB series on grad student and postdoc professional development experiences funded by the Individualized Professional Skills (IPS) Program. This week's featured video is by Mackenzie Wade, a graduate student in Anthropology, who used the IPS funds to plan and attend an event on the Future of Food. Read on to watch the video and learn more about the IPS program!

Are you in the middle stages of your dissertation and running into roadblocks? Do you need some new strategies and habits to help you finish up? Then apply for the first session of the 2022 Dissertation Write-In, which runs from June 13-16! The application deadline is Friday, May 6.

The University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI) is seeking applicants for the 2022-2023 Student Ambassador Program. UCGHI Student Ambassadors will develop, organize, and promote Women's Health, Gender, and Empowerment (WHGE) or Planetary Health (PH) activities across campuses. Students will receive a $250 stipend for participating, at the end of the program.

Are you looking for experience in project management outside the university? The PIPELINES program employs UCSB graduate students as mentors to teams of undergraduate & community college STEM students working with Naval-based research projects. All graduate mentors will earn $800. Read on for more info!

Join the IHC's research focus group "What is a Shakespeare: Shakespeare and Global Media" for an event on Friday, April 15 from 4-5:30pm: "Bolstering the Bard: Pedagogy and Performance Beyond UCSB." An invited panel of knowledgeable actors, directors, dramaturgs, and educators will discuss experiences in conveying Shakespearean material to students and/or audiences with varying degrees of knowledge of the Bard. Read on to learn more!

Beyond the Professoriate is offering three webinars this April, two of which are free. Read on for more information about these professionalization opportunities, and for registration links.

UCSB's Instructional Development team is offering a variety of workshops for Teaching Assistants this Spring Quarter. Read on for a full list of these events, and also be sure to connect with Instructional Development on Shoreline for more information and to register for events.

Join the Resource Center Gender and Sexual Diversity (RCGSD) for their upcoming event, "LGBTQ+ Graduate Student Career Panel: Working at the University," which will be held on April 12, 2022 from 3:30-4:30pm. This panel is for LGBTQ+ graduate students across all disciplines who are considering careers within the university and outside of traditional professor roles.

Two consultation rooms in the Library are now available for graduate Teaching Assistants to reserve overnight and on weekends to meet with students for tutoring and academic consultation. Reservations may be made online two weeks in advance and for up to two hours per day.

The Interdisciplinary Research Collaboratory is pleased to announce its offerings of data and software workshops for the month of April 2022. These workshops are free and open to UCSB affiliates, including students, researchers, staff, and faculty. Read on for details on workshop topics and registration links.

UCSB graduate students, postdocs, and recent alumni can now register for Beyond Academia 2022 panels and workshops on Shoreline! This week-long conference will run from April 11-16. The Beyond Academia conference, organized by a team of UCSB grads, provides opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to learn about career options alongside and outside of academia.

UCSB's Student Mental Health Coordination Services, in conjunction with the Office of Instructional Development, is offering a virtual workshop on April 6 from 3-4:15pm for all TAs: "Responding to Distressed & Distressing Students." Read on for more information and registration info.