MELLON PROGRAM CALENDAR
Here you will find dates, info, to do items, for each upcoming meeting. Please try to log in to meetings a few minutes before they start to make sure there are no issues. Zoom info will be posted to the shared calendar invites. Please RSVP to these workshops in advance.
07/03
Introduction to the Job Market
11:00 AM EST
Facilitated by Albert Laguna
Individual meetings will be scheduled for the following week. Sign up here: https://calendly.com/albert-laguna.
08/28
Mentor Orientation Meeting (Mentors Only)
Facilitated by Nena Torres and Jennifer Boles
07/11
Optional: Live Webinar with Professor is In, Hacking the Job Market (in a pandemic)
07/10
Mellon Fellows Orientation
12:00 PM EST
Facilitated by Jennifer Boles
Welcome to the Program and Introductions
07/13
Cover Letter and CV Workshop
Facilitated by Albert Laguna
To do: Revised cover letters are due to your folders on Friday, July 17th.
07/13
Optional Webinar: The Professor Is In, Going Postac (in a Pandemic)
07/14
Optional: REMOTE Free Virtual Conference
about Online Teaching
This event is free but you must register. I recommend attending some of these sessions to anticipate interview questions about how you will adapt your courses to be online.There are also sessions on Monday but they overlap with your cover letter session.
https://www.theremotesummit.org/remote-schedule
07/17
Conversation with Mellon Alumni about the Fellowship and Job Market
Facilitated by Albert Laguna
07/20
Job Market Breakout Sessions
Facilitated by Albert Laguna
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GROUP 1 11:30-12:40 (Allison Guess, Óscar Campo Becerra)
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GROUP 2 12:30-1:30 (Rosanna Simmons, Alberto Wilson)
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GROUP 3 1:30-3:00 (Lexi Pérez, Ana Cristina Perry, Alana de Hinojosa)
07/21
Optional Live Webinar: Professor is In, Talking Mental Health in the Academy (in a pandemic)
07/22
Teaching and Diversity Statement Workshop
Facilitated by Albert Laguna
Due Monday July 27 by 9am: Submit draft of teaching statement and diversity statement (1-page each, single spaced) to Job Market folders
07/23
Optional Live Webinar: Knowing Your Own Value in Academia: Self-Advocacy, Time Management, and Saying No
07/28
Optional Live Webinar: How to Write a Winning Grant
07/29
Breakout Sessions with Albert
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GROUP 1 11:30-12:40 (Allison Guess, Óscar Campo Becerra)
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GROUP 2 12:30-1:30 (Rosanna Simmons, Alberto Wilson)
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GROUP 3 1:30-3:00 (Lexi Pérez, Ana Cristina Perry, Alana de Hinojosa)
08/03
Workshop: Interviewing for the Academic Job Market
Facilitated by Albert Laguna
08/14
POSTPONED: Workshop: Journal Publishing, DATE TBA
Facilitated by Editor-in-Chief Lourdes Torres, Latino Studies
Please sign in a few minutes early!
08/18
Optional Post-Ac Workshop: How to Get the Job You Really Want with Jennifer Polk
Facilitated by Jennifer Polk from PhD to Life
This is a Women's only event.
Are you looking to take the next step in your career journey, whether within your current position or company, starting a new job, or building a business? Participate in this workshop to; gain greater clarity about the importance of knowing yourself during a job search or career exploration,• develop deeper understanding of your own strengths, and identify next steps you can take to move your career forward.At the end of the workshop, you will feel more confident interacting with others in a context where you’re discussing what you want and are looking for in a job or career. Register on Eventbrite.
08/27
Optional Post-Ac Workshop: Career Diversity Virtual Roundtable
Facilitated by Career Diversity Virtual Roundtable
Career Diversity Virtual Roundtable
HWW Alumni Panel and 2021 Predoctoral Career Diversity
Join us for a kickoff of Humanities Without Walls’ (HWW) 2020-21 career diversity programming! In this virtual roundtable, hear from three HWW fellowship alumni about their experiences post-fellowship and how the Predoctoral Career Diversity Summer Workshop informed their career exploration and development. This session will also launch the 2021 fellowship application season, with a Q&A to answer your questions about the fellowship application process and the switch to a virtual workshop in 2021. Registration is required. A meeting link will be shared with registrants by email on the morning of August 27. PLEASE REGISTER BY AUGUST 21.
https://illinois.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYucumtpz4oGtHiRghSN7FP5dxaEmfBNM4K
10/30
October Cohort Check-In
Facilitated by Jennifer Boles and Deanna Ledezma
Revise plan and write a reflection about your writing process before the meeting.
09/04
Writing Workshop II
Turn in to your writing folders before the meeting:
1.) updated Unschedule
2.) Reflection of your month's writing process based on your graph
3.) Dissertation 1-page outline updated with %'s and loose timeline to completion on second page
09/10
Optional: Beyond Professoriate Webinar, Job Searching in the Pandemic
Join us at noon EDT on Sept 10th for our free webinar on Job Searching During the Covid-19 Recession. We will talk to My-Linh Luong (ABD) and Alyssa Lowery (PhD), two job seekers who have been actively searching for employment in the U.S. during the past four months.
In this webinar, you will learn:
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Strategies for networking and learning about which sectors are growing.
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Questions and issues to consider when applying and interviewing.
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Self-care tips to keep you moving forward in your search.
Register to join the webinar on September 10th at 12pm EDT (and if you can't attend live, register to receive the replay).
09/26
Optional: Beyond Professoriate Academic Success Conference
Let me know if you want to attend. If enough of you are interested, I may be able to purchase tickets.
11:00 a.m. ET - 12:00 p.m. ET
Sarah Glosson, PhD – Writing strategies for Humanities and Social Science Graduate Students and PhD
12:15 p.m. ET - 1:15 p.m. ET
David Congdon, PhD – From Dissertation to Published Book: A guide for first-time authors
1:30 p.m. ET - 2:30 p.m. ET
Ben Arenger, PhD – 3 Tips for Successful Grant and Fellowship Applications
2:45 p.m. ET - 3:45 p.m. ET
Jennifer Askey, PhD – Productivity and Time Management for Humanities and Social Science Grad Students and PhDs
10/02
Mentor Job Market "Roundtable" with Fellows
11:00-1:00 PM EST
Facilitated by Albert Laguna and Jennifer Boles
Mentors discuss their experiences on the job market and offer advice about the process and transitioning to a tenure-track job. This will be followed by a Q&A.
10/16
Writing Self-Care with Chris Bowman
Chris Bowman is a Chicago-based physical trainer, chiropractor, massage therapist, and professional organizer. She is going to discuss best practices for mental and physical health while offering individualized feedback for optimizing your writing space and keeping your body and mind healthy.
In anticipation of the workshop, send her a short video of you working in your workspace. You need to show your entire body, so have someone film it for you or place it far enough away that she can see your entire workspace. Then take the camera and just show her what your space looks like close up. In addition to this, please make sure that you introduce yourself (name, location, brief 1-2 sentences about your diss project) and include the kinds of things that you do to take care of your mind and body while writing. You can discuss your writing routine (perhaps how it's changed recently and what you've learned), how you break up your time for mental and physical breaks), how long you work, how/when you move your body, etc., etc. She would also like to know if you experience any pain or have any concerns with your body that are aggravated by writing.
Please upload the videos here. If you don't want to submit a video, then a photo of you working (one full shot of you and then a close up of your space) with a short written blurb is also fine.
12/11
November Check-In
The goal of this meeting is to report and reflect on your writing and well-being in November and since the start of the fellowship, and discuss your updated plan from January to completion. We will also assign peer reviewers and discuss this in more detail. Please make sure to fill out the peer review sheet as soon as possible and complete the reflection and updated plan before our meeting as outlined on the website.
12/09
Latino Studies Webinar on Journal Publishing
Access recording of the webinar here.
“Journals of Latina/o/x Studies: Publishing Today and Tomorrow” brings together editors from three prestigious, interdisciplinary journals devoted to Latina/o/x Studies. Charlene Villaseñor-Black (Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies and Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture), Edwin Meléndez (Centro: Journal of Puerto Rican Studies), and Lourdes Torres (Latino Studies), join LSA President, Rafael Pérez-Torres, for a conversation about the current and possible future state of journal publication in Latinx Studies.
Our conversation will range from a nuts and bolts discussion about what journals look for in successful essays, reviews, and notes to conjectures about the future of journal publication in a post-pandemic digital age. This will be an informative and engaging conversation immediately relevant to the continued development of Latina/o/x Studies. We hope you will join us!
Virtual Roundtable Dec 9, 2020, 4pmPST/7pmEST
Click here to register: https://asu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MLCA_iO4Qqi2P_-EQoWkuQ
01/29
January Mellon Check-In
02/12
Journal Publishing with Editor Lourdes Torres
1 00 PM EST