“From Ph.D. to Professor: Recent Grad Alumni Share Their Tips to Get on the Tenure Track”

graduates in cap and gown looking up to a question mark shaped cloud
February 5, 2024
10:00AM - 1:00PM
Dulles Hall, Room 168

Date Range
2024-02-05 10:00:00 2024-02-05 13:00:00 “From Ph.D. to Professor: Recent Grad Alumni Share Their Tips to Get on the Tenure Track” Please join us for an exciting Graduate Student event, “From Ph.D. to Professor: Recent Grad Alumni Share Their Tips to Get on the Tenure Track.”  Two recent Ph.D. history alumni, who landed tenure-track jobs, will speak on the successful navigation of the academic job market and the transition to a faculty member, with practical survival skills and tips!  The event is sponsored by the Graduate Studies Committee.  Lunch will be provided (for all attendees), and graduate students can also have dinner with our guests that evening (space is limited).  Please fill out the Qualtrics Surveys below so we have a head count for the meals.Workshop Program10:00–10:10 a.m.      Welcome and Introduction (Bert Harrill, DGS)10:10–11:00 a.m.      First Session: Preparing for the Job Market11:00 – 11:10            Break11:10–12:00 noon    Second Session: Surviving the Job Once You Land One12:00 –1:00               Catered box lunch (in room).Lunch RSVP (by January 29th to guarantee a lunch)Dinner RSVPWorkshop Speakers:Prof. Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer (Ph.D. ’16), New York University Prof. Michael Beshay (Ph.D. ’20), Pennsylvania State UniversityDownload a flyer:    Dulles Hall, Room 168 America/New_York public

Please join us for an exciting Graduate Student event, “From Ph.D. to Professor: Recent Grad Alumni Share Their Tips to Get on the Tenure Track.”  Two recent Ph.D. history alumni, who landed tenure-track jobs, will speak on the successful navigation of the academic job market and the transition to a faculty member, with practical survival skills and tips!  The event is sponsored by the Graduate Studies Committee.  Lunch will be provided (for all attendees), and graduate students can also have dinner with our guests that evening (space is limited).  Please fill out the Qualtrics Surveys below so we have a head count for the meals.

Workshop Program

10:00–10:10 a.m.      Welcome and Introduction (Bert Harrill, DGS)

10:10–11:00 a.m.      First Session: Preparing for the Job Market

11:00 – 11:10            Break

11:10–12:00 noon    Second Session: Surviving the Job Once You Land One

12:00 –1:00               Catered box lunch (in room).

Lunch RSVP (by January 29th to guarantee a lunch)

Dinner RSVP


Workshop Speakers:

Prof. Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer (Ph.D. ’16), New York University 

Prof. Michael Beshay (Ph.D. ’20), Pennsylvania State University


Download a flyer: 

graduates in cap and gown looking up at cloud in the shape of a question mark

Events Filters: