RSS Graduate School and Beyond

The Sociology Graduate Office coordinates a regular series events for our students regarding graduate school survival and professional development. With the hope of providing focused information for students at all phases of the program, topics range from preparing for preliminary exams, applying for external grants, managing work/life balance, and exposure to department alumni who have pursued different career avenues. 

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  • Graduate School & Beyond - Preparing for the Job Market - recommendation letters

    Discussion will include: preparing your recommendation letter spreadsheets/workshopping your CV and cover letters. Read More
    Speaker: Elizabeth Armstrong and Vicky Horvath
    Date: 07/11/2012; 4:00PM to 5:30PM
    Location: LSA 4154

  • Graduate School and Beyond - Navigating ASA

    Navigating ASA when on the job market/practice interviews (formal and informal) Read More
    Speaker: Elizabeth Armstrong
    Date: 08/08/2012; 4:00PM to 5:30PM
    Location: LSA 4154

  • Graduate School and Beyond - Pedagogy Hints from the ASA Sessions on Teaching Sociology

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    Speaker: Jessica Wiederspan
    Date: 09/13/2012; 4:00PM to 5:30PM
    Location: LSA 4154

  • Graduate School and Beyond - Practice Job Talk

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    Speaker: Trevor Hoppe, “From Sickness to Badness: Enforcing Michigan HIV Law as a Site of Social Control"
    Date: 09/27/2012; 4:00PM to 5:30PM
    Location: LSA 4154

  • Graduate School and Beyond - Practice Job Talk

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    Speaker: Amy Cooter, "A Muslim in the Militia? How Militia Members Construct National Identity with Michigan’s Arab Population"
    Date: 10/04/2012; 4:00PM to 5:30PM
    Location: LSA 4154

  • Graduate School and Beyond - Practice Job Talk

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    Speaker: Mariana Craciun, "Expertise at the Crossroads: A Comparison of 'Evidence-Based' and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapies"
    Date: 10/11/2012; 4:00PM to 5:30PM
    Location: LSA 4154

  • Graduate School and Beyond - Practice Job Talk

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    Speaker: Jessi Streib, "Appreciation Across Class Lines: The Case of Different Origin Couples"
    Date: 10/18/2012; 4:00PM to 5:30PM
    Location: LSA 4154

  • Graduate School and Beyond - Practice Job Talk

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    Speaker: Marco Garrido, "Acts of Sincerity: Urban Fragmentation and the Appeal of Populism among Metro Manila's Urban Poor"
    Date: 10/25/2012; 4:00PM to 5:30PM
    Location: LSA 4154

  • Graduate School and Beyond - Practice Job Talk

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    Speaker: Yan Long, "Challenging or Aiding Authoritarian Rule? The Impact of Trnsntl AIDS Regimes on State Repression in China
    Date: 11/08/2012; 4:00PM to 5:30PM
    Location: LSA4154

  • Graduate School and Beyond - Practice Job Talk

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    Speaker: Kerry Ard
    Date: 11/15/2012; 4:00PM to 5:30PM
    Location: LSA 4154

  • Graduate School and Beyond - Decoding Job Talks

    Al Young discusses what to look for in a job talk. Read More
    Speaker: Al Young
    Date: 11/29/2012; 4:00PM to 5:30PM
    Location: LSA 4154

  • Preparing for a Teaching Career: Resources available at Michigan and beyond

    How to use resources at Michigan to make yourself a better candidate for teaching positions. Read More
    Speaker: Jess Wiederspan
    Date: 01/16/2013; 11:30AM to 1:00PM
    Location: 4154 LSA

  • Creativity in Research Design and Methods

    Hear faculty members talk about how to use innovative and interesting methods to answer research questions. How did each of the faculty get started with their specific methods, and what were some road bumps along the way? Read More
    Speaker: Chris Bail, Rachel Best, Elizabeth Bruch, Jason Owen-Smith, Jennifer Barber
    Date: 01/31/2013; 4:00PM to 5:30PM
    Location: 4154 LSA

  • Funding 101: The Ins and Outs of Grants and Fellowships

    Speakers will address funding issues, broadly defined, here. These will include issues such as where and when to apply for external funding, conference funding,and summer funding, options of where to apply, and the department and Rackham cost-sharing procedure for different funding opportunities. Asurvey will go out prior to the session that will assess the most pertinent and urgent issues that students may have on this topic. Read More
    Speaker: Pat Preston, Jen Eshelman, Elizabeth Armstrong
    Date: 02/13/2013; 11:30AM to 1:00PM
    Location: 4154 LSA

  • The Rewards and Challenges of Prospectus Writing

    Hear about the process of putting together a prospectus from students who are various stages of the writing process, and from those who have recently defended their prospectuses. Students are writing both book and 3-article form dissertations. A faculty member will also share their thoughts on the different forms a prospectus may take, the many functions a prospectus serves, and the benefits and consequences of different kinds of prospectuses. Read More
    Speaker: Matt Sullivan, Jonah Douglas-Siegel, Kathy Lin, Karin Martin
    Date: 02/27/2013; 11:30AM to 1:00PM
    Location: 4154 LSA

  • Preparing for Your Annual Review

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    Speaker: Elizabeth Armstrong
    Date: 02/28/2013; 4:00PM to 5:30PM
    Location: 4154 LSA

  • Preparing for your Prelims

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    Speaker: Elizabeth A. Armstrong
    Date: 03/27/2013; 11:30AM to 1:00PM
    Location: 4154 LSA

  • How to Prepare a Job Talk: Notes and Comments from Faculty

    An informal conversation on how to prepare a job talk, what faculty look for in a job talk, and some tips on the question and answer session, between faculty and graduate students, led by Professor Al Young, Jr. Read More
    Speaker: Al Young, Jr., Elizabeth Armstrong, other faculty
    Date: 03/28/2013; 4:00PM to 5:30PM
    Location: 4147 LSA

  • Going on the Job Market

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    Speaker: Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Vicky Horvath
    Date: 04/10/2013; 11:30AM to 1:00PM
    Location: 4154 LSA